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Published monthly during the academic year 



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University of Maine, Orcno, Maine, January, 1918 



No. 6 



The University of Maine 
and The War 




PRINTED AT 

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 

ORONO, MAINE 






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TlHIS PAMPHLET IS PREPARED FOR THE PUR- 
I POSE OF GIVING INFORMATION TO THE 
ALUMNI, STUDENTS, AND FRIENDS OF 
THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. IT IS BE- 
LIEVED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PERMANENT 
RECORD MADE OF THE WAR SERVICES OF THE IN- 
STITUTION. WHILE CAREFUL INQUIRY HAS BEEN 
MADE, IT IS DOUBTLESS TRUE THAT MANY OF THE 
SONS OF MAINE NOW IN THE SERVICE ARE NOT 
HERE RECORDED. IT IS HOPED THAT EVERY ONE 
INTO WHOSE HANDS THIS PAMPHLET FALLS WILL 
BE KIND ENOUGH TO FORWARD TO THE UNIVER- 
SITY CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE IN- 
FORMATION ALREADY GIVEN. AT A LATER DATE 
THE INSTITUTION WILL ISSUE ANOTHER EDITION 
OF THIS BULLETIN AND MAKE IT COMPLETE AND 
ACCURATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR. 



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i^AR 1913 



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Immediately following the declaration of war, meetings of students 
and the faculty were held in which methods of service were discussed 
and outlined. It was not necessary to urge loyalty. That was spon- 
taneous, enthusiastic, and unstinted. 

A telegram was sent to the President of the United States offering 
him the services of the institution without any reservations whatever. 
A reply of cordial appreciation was received from the White House. 

Secretary of War Baker was furnished detailed information as to 
the University's facilities in technical and scientific fields. The Uni- 
versity indicated its readiness to use all its facilities, both of equipment 
and men, in any service demanded by the War Department. It also of- 
fered to modify courses and start new ones to meet specific needs. 

The Governor and Council of the State of Maine were kept informed 
as to the war activities of the University and were asked to make sug- 
gestions for other forms of service. 

The daily schedule was changed by shortening the hours so that 
additional time was made available for military instruction. Many 
students who had completed the required military work at once enrolled 
in the new classes that were formed. Particular attention was given to 
classes for the training of prospective officers. Many of the men who 
took advantage of these courses have since received commissions. 

In the weeks immediately following the declaration of war, large 
numbers of students enlisted in various branches of the service. Many 
other students left the campus to take positions on farms or in muni- 



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tion factories. All students who left early to engage in work of any 
sort made necessary by the war were given full credit for the semester. 

During the spring semester, courses were given in First Aid by Dr. 
Young. Among the girls, there were approximately 125 students en- 
rolled in these courses. Many finished the course, took the examination, 
and received the First Aid certificate from the American Red Cross 
Society. Among the men courses were given in First Aid, bandaging, 
stretcher work, camp sanitation, and anesthetics. In these classes, Dr. 
Young was assisted for a time by Dr. Wilkins of Old Town. A special 
appropriation was made from the War Contingent Fund by the Governor 
and Council for special war courses at the summer session. Instruction 
was given in First Aid by Dr. Young and the members of the class took 
the examination at the close of the session. Provision was also made 
for courses in gardening and military tactics, but the season was too 
late for gardens and so few men enrolled in the summer school that there 
was practically no call for the military work. 

During the summer special effort was made to inform the people 
of the State of the necessary contribution that education must make 
not only for the prosecution of the war but also for the rehabilitation of 
the country when peace comes. All undergraduates not in actual ser- 
vice were urged to return to the University and continue their education. 
Preparatory school graduates were urged to enter college in order that 
they might prepare for larger service. 

The attendance for this year is about seventy percent of that of 
last year. The student body is characterized by great earnestness. The 
work in all departments is unusually good. Great interest is taken in 
military work and more time is given to it than heretofore. 

Many members of the faculty have been given leave of absence to 
enter the service of the Government ; some in the army, some in the navy, 
and many others as experts in the departments at Washington. Dean 
Merrill of the College of Agriculture is the Federal Food Administrator 
for Maine with headquarters in Winslow Hall. The various activities 
of members of the faculty are shown in the published list which follows. 



In the latter part of October, the girls of the University conceived 
the idea of sending to undergraduates of the University of Maine in 
the service Christmas packages. The financial response to the request 



AND THE WAR 



made by the girls was liberal. They prepared and sent about 200 pack- 
ages, some overseas and the others to men in camps in the United States. 
That these were highly appreciated by the men is shown in the letters 
received from them, some of which are printed in this bulletin. 



SERVICE FLAG PRESENTED 

(Clipping from ''The Campus" of February 5) 

At the chapel exercises held in Alumni Hall on Monday morning, 
January 28, the student body was given a surprise when President Aley 
requested the students to open the services by the singing of the "Star 
Spangled Banner" and then presented to the student body a huge ser- 
vice flag as a gift from the Junior Mask, the honorary Junior society. 
The flag had been skillfully rolled into a ball and then suspended from 
the back of the Assembly Hall in such a manner that at President Aley's 
signal it was suddenly dropped into full view. The flag is an immense 
one, being ten feet by six, and is of the patented design with red border 
and a white field. Instead of numerous small stars, each representing 
a man in the country's service, this flag contains one large blue star 
upon which are sewed the white numerals, 609. President Aley spoke 
of the significant fact that altho the flag had been ordered but two weeks 
ago the records in the university's office showed an increase of sixty- 
three more Maine men within that short time. He then stated that, of 
these 609 men in service, there are now 288 officers and this figure does 
not include the Maine men now in training camps from which they will 
be graduated as officers. After reading a poem by Rupert Brooke 
as an expresion of the spirit which has caused these men to enter their 
country's service. President Aley spoke at some length on the principles 
for which these men are willing to offer up their lives. In closing, he 
spoke of four Maine men who have already in this war made the "supreme 
sacrifice" and told of the blinding, perhaps for life, of a fifth Maine man, 
by a gas attack. 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



m 

HAROLD TAYLOR ANDREWS '18 

RAY IRVING CODING '20 

DONALD EDWARD CAMPBELL '20 

IRA MILLER BRADBURY '14 



AND THE WAR 



ALUMNI AND UNDERGRADUATES 



♦Temporarily released from active service to return to college 
tEnlisted or drafted. Waiting to be called 

^Temporarily released from service to return to college. Recalled to 
active service 

1884 

E. F. Ladd, Phi Gamma Delta, Member of Federal Food Commission, 

appointed by President Wilson, N. D. Agricultural College, 
Fargo, N. D. 

1893 

W. W. Crosby, Beta Theta Pi, Lieutenant Colonel, in acting command, 

Camp McClellan, Ala. 
H. M. Smith, Beta Theta Pi, Major, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery. 

Discharged for physical disability, January 21, 1918 

1895 

tA. H. Buck, Beta Theta Pi, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps 
Charles D. Thomas, Kappa Sigma, Captain, Co. B, 507th U.S. Engineers, 
Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas 

1896 

F. A. Hobbs, Alpha Tau Omega, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, 

Base Hospital, Camp Devens, Mass. 
P. F. Walker, Phi Gatmna Delta, Lieutenant Colonel, 109th U.S. Engi- 
neers, Camp Cody, N. M. 

G. B. Wilkins, Kappa Sigma, Civil Engineer, U.S. Naval Reserves 



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1897 



S. S. Bunker, Phi Gamma Delta, Captain, Co. C, 503d U.S. Engineers, 

Camp Merritt, Tenafly, N. J. 
A. S. Cowan, Phi Gamma Delta, Colonel, Signal Corps, Camp Alfred Vail, 

Little Silver, N. J. 

1898 

D. T. Merrill, Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, Camp Sheridan, Ala. 

F. W. Sawtelle, Phi Kappa Sigma, Lieutenant, 13th U.S. Engineers 
(Railway), American Expeditionary Forces, France 

A. A. Starbird, Phi Kappa Sigma, Colonel, Inspector General Depart- 
ment, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

1899 

L. H. Ford, Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, 102d Machine Gun 
Battalion, 51st Brigade, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

1900 

C. P. Gray, Alpha Tau Omega, 1st Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, 
107th U.S. Infantry, Camp Wadsworth, S. C. 

1901 

L. H. Harvey, Phi Gamma Delta, Director of Red Cross, Kalamazoo, 

Mich. 
W. F. Hussey, Alpha Tau Omega, Captain and Regimental Adjutant, 

301st U.S. Engineers, Camp Devens, Mass. 

1902 

A. R. Davis, Kappa Sigma, Captain, 14th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, 
Camp Lewis, Wash. 

1904 

H. S. Gregory, Captain, New Hampshire State Guard, Berlin, N. H. 
E. E. Holt, Member of Medical Advisory Board representing State of 
Maine, appointed by President Wilson. 



AND THE WAR 



1905 



L. I. Johnstone, Alpha Tau Omega, Lieutenant, Canadian Offiers' Train- 
ing Corps, Manitoba Battalion, Winnipeg, Man. 

E. O. Sweetser, Sigma Chi, Captain, 104th U.S. Engineers, Camp McClel- 

lan, Anniston, Ala. 
fAlphonso Wood, Beta Theta Pi, 1st Lieutenant, Engineer Reserve 
Officers' Corps 

1906 

W. p. Hews, Alpha Tau Omega, Captain, 4th Co., Engineer Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps, Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. 

1907 

F. S. N. Erskine, Sigma Nu, Lieutenant, U. S. S. Texas, Care Postmaster, 

New York City 

Ernest Lisherness, Phi Gamma Delta, Captain, Engineer Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, Co. 7, Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va. 

A. R. Lord, Captain, 513th U.S. Engineers, Camp Travis, San Antonio, 
Texas 

J. S. Lowell, Beta Theta Pi, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Care Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

S. B. Orne, 2d Lieutenant, Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, 
D. C. 

A. W. Stevens, Beta Theta Pi, Aviation, Kelley Field. San Antonio, Texas 

M. W. Weld, Theta Chi, Saper, #1078228. 4th Canadian Railway Troops, 
Care Army P. O., London, England 

1908 

E. C. Coleman, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
J. V. Hunting, Sergeant, Medical Department, Post Hospital, Fort 

Williams, Maine 

G. R. Knight, Theta Chi, 1st Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Engineers, American 

Expeditionary Forces, France 
A. E. Tremaine, Instructor, Engineering Regiment, Wentworth Institute, 
Boston, Mass. 



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1909 



Charles Kinghorn, 1st Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, Co. 10, Medi- 
cal Officers' Training Corps, Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, 
Ga. 

N. H. Mayo, Sigma Chi, with Storage Commission, Council of National 
Defense, 5216 New Interior Building, Washington, D. C. 

C. A. Plumly, Phi Kappa Sigma, Captain, Co. C, 302d U.S. Engineers, 
Camp Upton, N. Y. 

F. E. Simmons, Chief Machinist Mate, U.S. Naval Reserves, Naval 
Station, Rockland, Maine 

Harry M. Woods, Kappa Sigma, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

1910 

W. C. Bagg, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
L. M. Bragg, Phi Gamma Delta, 2d Lieutenant, 307th U.S. Engineers, 

Camp Gordon, Ga. 
W. M. Chase, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp Custer, 

Mich. 
F. W. Conlogue, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp Devens, 

Mass. 
R. W. Crocker, 1st Lieutenant, Medical Dept., Sanitary Corps, (Special 

Work with Bureau of Mines), 24 Observatory Apt., Hall 

Place, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
H. K. Dyer, Sigma Chi, 2d Lieutenant, New Hampshire Regiment, Camp 

Green, Charlotte, N. C. 
L. W. Gardner, Theta Chi, Corporal, Co. C, 104th U.S. Infantry, 26th 

Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
R. P. Littlefield, Alpha Tau Omega, 2d Lieutenant, Field Artillery 
A. E. Oak, Beta Theti Pi, Lieutenant-Commander, U.S. Navy, Fore 

River Ship Yards, Quincy, Mass. 
C. F. Smith, Phi Gamma Delta, 1st Lieutenant, Signal Reserve Corps, 

Officers' Training Battalion, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
F. E. Southard, Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Maine Heavy Field 

Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 



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G. A. Webster, Corporal, 83d Aero Squadron, Kelley Field, San Antonio, 
Texas 

1911 

J. S. Barker, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

A. H. Codaire, Delta Tau Delta, 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, 301st U.S. Engi- 
neers, Camp Devens, Mass. 

F. H. Derby, Alpha Tau Omega, Lieutenant, 317th U.S. Field Artillery, 
Camp Jackson, S. C. 

A. W. Goodwin, Delta Tau Delta, 1st Lieutenant, 132d U.S. Infantry, 
Camp Logan, Houston, Texas 

W. S. Gould Jr., Ordnance Dept., American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. H. Grant, 

A. H. Hart, Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Engineering Corps Un- 

attached, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
Ernest Kingsley, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Electrical Engineering De- 
partment, U.S. Naval Reserves, Reserve Officers' Quarters B, 
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. * 

C. W. Murphy Jr., Private 1st class, Aviation Section, Detachment of 

Flying Cadets, Love Field, Dallas, Texas 
Wentworth Peckham, Beta Theta Pi. Sergeant, Battery F, 303d Heavy 

Field Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. 
P. P. Sawtelle, U.S. Naval Reserves, Holyoke Wharf, Portland, Maine 
F. S. Sawyer, Theta Chi, 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th Division, American 

Expeditionary Forces, France 
Sumner Waite, Phi Gamma Delta, Captain (Infantry), Aide-de-camp to 
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Morton, Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala. 

B. O. Warren, Beta Theta Pi, 1st Lieutenant, First Maine Heavy Field 

Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

1912 

J. E. Ash, Sigma Nu, Sergeant 1st class. Research and Inspection Divi- 
sion, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, American Expeditionary 
Forces, France 

W. R. Ballou, Phi Gamma Delta, Captain, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artil- 
lery, Camp Green, N. C. 



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R. L. Buzzell, Delta Tau Delta, Corporal, Battery F, 303d Heavy Field 

Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. 
tE. F. Carleton, Lambda Chi Alpha, Drafted 
J. P. Cronin, Camp Devens, Mass. 
N. C. Cummings, Phi Gamma Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept., 

National Army, Camp Devens, Mass. (Commanding Officer, 

301st Mobile Repair Shop) 
G. V. Dyer, Sigma Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, Supply 

Office, ISlst Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 
F. E. Fish, Lambda Chi Alpha, 1st Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept, Sandy 

Hook Proving Grounds, Fort Hancock, N. J. 
Marian Estabrooke Hunt, Alpha Omicron Pi, State Food Conservation 

Work, Orono, Maine 
L. W. Jacobs, Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, 3d Battalion, 20th U.S. Engineers, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
fW. M. McDonald, Phi Gamma Delta, Drafted 
L. R. Moore, Delta Tau Delta, 1st Sergeant, #2329874, 71st Co., Canadian 

Forestry Corps, British Expeditionary Forces, France 
O. W. Mountfort, Phi Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters Co., 

156th Depot Brigade, Camp Jackson, S. C. 
A. M. Nickels, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, 

Motor Truck Co. #387, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 
C. M. Osgood, Theta Chi, Private, Band, Ambulance Corps, Allentown, 

Pa. 
E. M. Partridge, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
W. H. Savary, Phi Eta Kappa, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
L. M. Smiley, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Co. I, 23d U.S. Engineers, 

Camp Meade, Md. 
R. L. Talbot, Phi Eta Kappa, 1st Lieutenant, 153d Depot Brigade, Camp 

Dex, N. J. 
C. W. Tartre, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters Co., 

302d U.S. Infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. 

1913 

M. C. Bird, Beta Theta Pi, Chief Machinist, U.S. Navy, U. S. S. C. 23, 
Care Postmaster, New York City 



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AND THE WAR 



I. M. Bradbury, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, 23d U.S. Engineers, Camp 
Meade, Md. Died January 16, 1918, at Camp Meade of spinal 
meningitis 

J. S. Brooks, Phi Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, Co. E, 309th U.S. In- 
fantry, Camp Dix, N. J. 

E. E. Chase Jr., Sigma Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy 
Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

fW. E. Morrison, Drafted 

tH. A. Richards, Lambda Chi Alpha, Drafted 

1914 

C. F. Allen, Private, 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th Division, American Ex- 
peditionary Forces, France 

C. R. Atwood, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Foreman, Mill Unit *1, Canadian 
Forestry Corps, Ardgay, Ross-shire, Scotland 

Ralph T. Coffey, Theta Chi, 1st Lieutenant, Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy 
Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

N. R. French, Sigma Chi, 1st Lieutenant, (Special scientific section of 
Aviation), Intelligence C, General Staff, Care Headquarters, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 

W. W. Grace, Sigma Chi, Ensign, U. S. S. Denver, Care Postmaster, 
New York City 

L. A. Field, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Private, Third Officers' Training 
School, Camp Devens, Mass. 

T. W. Haskell, Phi Gamma Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Quarteramster Corps, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

tJ. R. Hudson, Beta Theta Pi, Aviation 

R. C. Ketchen, Sigma Nu, Private 1st class. Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy 
Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

A. L. King, Phi Kappa Sigma, Ensign, U. S. S. Morris, Care Postmaster, 
New York City 

P. M. King, Phi Kappa Sigma, Cadet, U.S. School of Military Aero- 
nautics, Cornell University', Ithaca, N. Y. 

C. M. Knight, Phi Eta Kappa, Corporal, Co. F, 15th U.S. Engineers 
(Railway), American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. R. McKenney, Alpha Tau Omega, 2d Lieutenant, 25th Co., 7th Bat- 
talion, Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 

G. T. MacNeil, Theta Chi, American Red Cross, France 

Nicholas Makanna, American Red Cross, France 



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F. T. Norcross, Phi Gamma Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters Co., 14th 

U.S. Engineers (Railway), American Expeditionary Forces, 
France 

Mark Pendleton, Beta Theta Pi, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Electrical 
Engineering Department, U.S. Naval Reserves, Reserve Of- 
ficers' Quarters, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 

W. F. Pride, 1st Lieutenant, Troop D, 13th U.S. Cavalry, Mc Allen, Texas 

E. A. Rand, Phi Kappa Sigma, 1st Sergeant, Co. C, 20th U.S. Engineers, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. J. Sandburg, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Infantry 
Unassigned, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

G. E. Sinkinson, Sigrna Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Battery C, 303d Field Artil- 

lery, Camp Devens, Mass. 

C. H. Tipping, Alpha Tau Omega, 1st Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept., Spring- 
field Armory, Springfield, Mass. 

W. D. Towner, Sigma Chi, Mill Unit #1, Canadian Forestry Corps, Ard- 
gay, Ross-shire, Scotland 

M. L. Wilder, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sergeant, Supply Co., 1st Maine 
Heavy Field Artilllery, Camp Green, N. C. 

1915 

C. S. Allen, Sigma Chi, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserves, 8 Irvington St., 

Boston, Mass. 

D. S. Baker, Alpha Tau Omega, Sergeant, Auxiliary Remount Depot 

#301, Quartermaster Corps, Camp Devens, Mass. 
M. F. Banks, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Private, Third Officers' Training 

School, Camp Devens, Mass. 
G. H. Bernheisel, Phi Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, 102d U.S. Field 

Artillery, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
W. T. Bowler, Theta Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Co. C, 301st U.S. Engineers, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 

E. M. Brockway, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Assistant Foreman, Mill Unit #1, 

Canadian Forestry Corps, Ardgay, Ross-shire, Scotland 
C. W. Burr, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sergeant, Co. A, 1st Balloon Squadron, 

Fort Sill, Okla. 
L. W. Caswell, Lambda Chi Alpha, in Accounting Office, Portsmouth 

Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N, H. 



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R. L. Clark, Alpha Tau Omega, 2(1 Lieutenant, Co. L, 16th U.S. Engi- 
eers, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

Everett Coffin, Phi Eta Kappa, Master Gunner, Coast Artillery Corps, 
Fort McKinley, Maine 

E. W. Conners, Lambda Chi Alpha, Private, 25th Engineers, 419th Depot 
Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 

Albert Coyne, Delta Tau Delta, Camp Devens, Mass. 

J. S. Crandall, Sigma Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Co. C, 25th U.S. Engineers, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 

N. E. Emmons, 2d Lieutenant, Battery A, Field Artillery Training Camp, 
Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas 

J. A. Evans, Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, 101st U.S. Infantry, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

T. O. Fisk, Private, Section 608, Ambulance Corps, AUentown, Pa. 

E. C. Goodwin, Alpha Tau Omega, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, Casual Of- 
ficers' Barracks, Camp Upton, N. Y. 

J. L. Gulliver, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

E. T. Hanson, Phi Gamma Delia, Sergeant Major, Officers' Training 

Camp, Camp Meade, Md. 

F. B. Hatch, Lambda Chi Alpha, Master Engineer, Senior Grade, Sth Co., 

Engineer Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Camp Lee, Va. 
E. P. Ingalls, Beta Theta Pi, Sergeant, 303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
H. L. Leusher, Private, 66th Aero Squadron, Kelly Field *1, San An- 
tonio, Texas 
P. D. McLaughlin, Kappa Sigma, Cadet, 3d Co., Provisional Battalion, 

Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Camp Lee, Va. 
W. L. Milliken, Alpha Tau Omega, Mill Unit f^l, Canadian Forestry Corps, 

Ardgay, Ross-shire, Scotland 
L. H. Morrell, Phi Eta Kappa, Private, Co. G, 7th N. Y. Infantry, Camp 

Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. C. 
J. E. MuUaney, Theta Chi, U.S. Naval Reserves 
Eunice H. Niles, Phi Mu, State Food Conservation Work, Hallowell, 

Maine 
E. B. Newcomb, Sigma Chi, 1st Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Adjutant, 103d 

U.S. Infantry, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
C. H. Norton, Theta Chi, Ensign, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 



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J. B. Parker, Machinist, Naval Aeronautics, U. S. S. Granite State, Care 

Postmaster, New York City 
E. F. Perry, Theta Chi, 1st Lieutenant, Co. H, 309th U.S. Infantry, Camp 

Dix, N. J. 
W. W. Redman, Sigma Chi, Captain, Co. M, 304th U.S. Infantry, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
P. B. Sheridan, Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, Depot Brigade, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
H. P. Sleeper, Phi Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Camp 

Gordon, Ga. 

1916 

L. F. Andrews, Theta Chi, Sergeant, Battery D, 1st Maine Heavy Field 

Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
D. V. Atwater, Sigma Chi, Cadet, U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, 

Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
H. D. Ashton, Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept., Camp 

Upton, Long Island, N. Y. 
J. E. Barry, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 
T. D. Bonney, Theta Chi, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Adjutant, 103d 

U.S. Infantry, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
A. J. Bower, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Corporal, Co. G, 23d U.S. Infantry, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
H. W. Coffin, Theta Chi, Private, 1st Co., Coast Artillery Corps Train- 
ing Camp, Fort Monroe, Va. 
F. H. Curtis, Alpha Tau Omega, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
C. M. DeWitt, Phi Kappa Sigma, Captain, 52d U.S. Infantry, Chicka- 

mauga Park, Ga. 
R. S. Dingley, 2d Lieutenant, 39th U.S. Infantry, Camp Green, N. C. 
M. C. Driscoll, Sigma Nu, Private, Co. F, 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th 

Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
R. W. Fannon, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Field Hospital Headquarters, 

Gas Defense School, Camp Grant, 111. 
A. T. Fricke Jr., Phi Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, Dental Reserve Corps, 

809 North 41st St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
F. W. Gray Jr., Delta Tau Delta, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 



AND THE WAR 



A. L. Hamblen, Delta Tau Delta, 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, Laredo, Texas 

H. S. Jones, Alpha Tau Omega, Private, Headquarters, 307th U.S. Engi- 
neers, Camp Gordon, Ga. 

G. E. Kirk, Sigma Nu, Lieutenant, Regular Army, American Expedition- 
ary Forces, France 

J. H. Kritter, Alpha Tau Omega, Private, Coast Artillery Training School, 
Fort Monroe, Va. 

W. J. Lacrosse, Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, U.S. Infantry, Unassigned, 
American Expeditionary Forces. France 

tBlynne Martin, Theta Chi, Aviation 

H. W. Mayers, Delta Tau Delta, Camp Devens, Mass. 

R. L. Moore, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 26 Lieutenant, Battery B, Field 
Artillery Training Camp, Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas 

Marlborough Packard, Private, Co. D, 23d U.S. Engineers, Camp Belvoir, 
Va. 

G. C. Palmer, Kappa Sigma. Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

E. D. Potter, Theta Chi. Private, Medical Dept., Camp Gordon, Ga. 

R. E. Rendall, Theta Chi, Private, Co. C, 5th Battalion, 20th U.S. Engi- 
neers, (Forestry), American University, Washington, D. C. 

Frederick Robie, Kappa Sigma, Corporal, 28th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, 
Fort McKinley, Maine 

T. L. Roderick, Corporal, Machine Gun Co., 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. M. Rolfe, Private, Battery B, 303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

H. E. Rollins, Phi Kappa Sigvia, Private, 4th Co., Reserve Officers' Train- 
ing Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

N. C. Small, Phi Kappa Sigma, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

H. E. Tibbetts, Private, Battery E, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, Camp 
Green, N. C. 

J. E. Totman, Phi Eta Kappa, Private. Co. G, 7th N. Y. Infantry, Camp 
Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. C. 

G. F. Trueworthv, Sergeant, Section 608, Ambulance Corps, Allentown, 
Pa. 

W. W. Webber, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Co. K, 302d U.S. Infantry, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

C. G. Whitaker, Sigma Nu, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

17 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



B. G. Woods, 2d Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept, U.S. Filling Plant, Edge- 
wood, Md. 

1917 

J. L. Barnes, Theta Chi, Sergeant, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 26th Divi- 
sion, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

W. B. Beckler Jr., Corporal, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 26th Division, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 

S. S. Berger, Phi Epsilon Pi, Private, Medical Corps, Camp Gordon, Ga. 

F. E. Berridge, Private, Medical Dept., U.S. Reservation, Fort Totten, 
Long Island, N. Y. 

H. F. Bidwell, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1st Lieutenant, Infantry 

E. R. Brawn, Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, 13th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, 

Fort Baldwin, Maine 
Brooks Brown, Delta Tau Delta, Private, Medical Dept., Fort Oglethorpe, 
Ga. 

F. L. Burk, Sigma Chi, Cadet, Flight A, Aviation Detachment, U.S. 

Naval Base, Norfolk, Va. 

D. S. Clark, Beta Theta Pi, 1st Lieutenant, Signal Officers' Training 

Battalion, Camp Alfred Vail, Little Silver, N. J. 

R. H. Cobb, Sigma Nu, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Infantry, Unassigned, Amer- 
ican Expeditionary Forces, France 

tP. A. Collins, Theta Chi, Aviation 

L. B. Copp, Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, Co. A, 304th U.S. Infantry, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

F. D. Crowell, Beta Theta Pi, Private, #2329912, 71st Co., Canadian For- 

estry Corps, Care Army Post Office, London, England 
H. N. Currier, Phi Kappa Sigma, Assistant Band Leader, 103d U.S. 
Infantry Band, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 
France 

G. E. Dole, Theta Chi, Sergeant, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 26th Division, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
> C. I. Emery, Sigma Nu, 1st Lieutenant, U. S. S. Arkansas, Care Post- 
master, New York City 

E. L. Emery, Sigma Nu, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
..A.. W. Emmons, 2d Lieutenant, Co. D., 39th U.S. Infantry, Camp Green, 
N. C. 



18 



AND THE WAR 



C. S. Erswell Jr., Theta Chi, 1st Lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort 

Monroe, Va. 
J. M. Falvey, Alpha Tau Omega, Private, Co. E, 301st U.S. Infantry, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 

A. M. Fides, Phi Eta Kappa, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserves, Scout Cruiser 

#6, New London, Conn. 

C. H. Folsom, Private, Co. I, 23d U.S. Engineers, Camp Meade, Md. 
L. J. Freese, Kappa Sigma, U.S. Naval Reserves 

F. A. French, Theta Chi, Chief Boatsw^ain's Mate, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Holyoke Wharf, Portland, Maine 
N. D. Godfrey, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, West Quoddy 

Head Light Station, Lubec, Maine 
W. J. Gorham, Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, Co. B, 301st U.S. Infantry, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 

B. E. Grant, Sigma Chi, Private, 4th Co., Officers' Training School, Coast 

Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

D. E. Green. Private, 20th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Preble, Maine 
H. J. Hague, Private, Supply Co., U.S. Aviation Detachment #2, Camp 

Taliaferro, Everman, Texas 
H. P. Halvorson, Sigma Chi, Aviation Section, U. S. A. Care American 
Express Co., 11 Rue Scribe, Paris, France 

G. E. Hansen, Regimental Sergeant Bugler, 20th U.S. Forestry Engineers, 

Camp American University, Washington, D. C. 
W. B. Haskell, Beta Theta Pi, 2d Lieutenant, Co. A. Camp Stanley, Leon 

Springs, Texas 
A. D. Hayden. Lambda Chi Alpha, 1st Lieutenant, Co. H, 17th U.S. 

Infantry. Fort McPherson, Chickamauga Park, Ga. 

C. S. Herrick, Kappa Sigma, Private, Intelligence Dept, Headquarters 

Co., 16th U.S. Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
R. G. Higgins Jr., Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, 1st Connecticut Infantry, 

Camp Green, N. C. 
M. L. Hill, Beta Theta Pi, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Bath, Maine 
S. L. Hitchings, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Evacuation Hospital *8, 

Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 
tF. O. Jacobs, Drafted 
W. S. Jardine, Kappa Sigma, Private, Co. B, 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th 

Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
H. L. Jenkins, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, 304th U.S. 

Infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. 



19 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



W. C. Jones, Sigma Nu, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Little River Patrol Station, Cutler, Maine 
G. W. Kilburn, Sigma Chi, Cadet, U.S. Flying Corps, Ellington Field, 

Houston, Texas 
Elmer Leblanc, Corporal, Machine Gun Section, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th 

Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
Chapin Legal, Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, Provisional Co., Military Police, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
R. T. Lyons, Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters Co., 302d U.S. 

Field Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. 
J. A. McCusker, Theta Chi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
C. W. Maddocks, 

J. H. Magee, Kappa Sigma, Ensign, U.S. Navy 
N. F. Mank, Sigma Nu, 1st Lieutenant, Co. K, 301st U.S. Infantry, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
P. N. Moulton, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster 

Corps, Camp Devens, Mass. 
L. M. Mower, Camp Devens, Mass. 
W. E. Nash, Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, U.S. Engineers, Army Post 

Office #701, Base Section #1, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
C. A. Nickerson, Sigma Chi, Corporal, Headquarters Co., 1st Maine 

Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
Foster Nowell, Delta Tau Delia, Private, Battery C, 301st U.S. Field 

Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. 
W. F. O'Donoghue, Lambda Chi Alpha, 1st Lieutenant, 61st U.S. Infantry, 

American, Expeditionary Forces, France 
E. D. O'Leary, Beta Theta Pi. Sergeant, Co. G, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th 

Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
S. C. Page Jr., Phi Eta Kappa, Naval Aerial Gunnery, Fort Worth, Texas 
I. J. Park, Theta Chi, Corporal Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy Field Ar- 
tillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
H. G. Partridge, 1st Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Air 

Concentration #3, Base Section #2, American Expeditionary 

Forces, France 
fE. A. Perkins, Sigma Chi, Aviation 
H. A. Peterson, Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters, Co., 168th U.S. 

Infantry, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 



20 



AND THE WAR 



S. G. Phillips, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Co. D, 6th U.S. Engineers, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 

L. E. Preble, Camp Devens, Mass. 

S. L. Reed, 2d Lieutenant, Machine Gun Battalion, 301st U.S. Infantry, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

W. E. Reynolds, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, U.S. Field Artillery, 
Unassigned, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. A. Rice, Kappa Sigma, Corporal, 31st Co., 8th Battalion, Depot 
Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 

G. C. Robinson, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, 
Fort Williams, Maine 

F. T. Sargent, Beta Theta Pi, Cadet, Royal Flying Corps, British Im- 
perial Army, #152825, Course 23, #4 S. of M. A., WycliflFe 
Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

J. I. B. Savi'yer, Phi Gamma Delta, Regimental Mess Sergeant, 1st Maine 
Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

F. A. Snell, Delta Tau Delta, Private, Coast Artillery Corps, Discharged 
August 10, 1917 

E. W. Spaulding,F;ij Eta Kappa, Private, Co. F, 20th U.S. Engineers 

(Forestry), American Expeditionary Forces, France 

F. O. Stephens, Beta Theta Pi, 2d Lieutenant, Co. I, 60th U.S. Infantry, 

Camp Green, N. C. 
C. L. Stephenson, Phi Eta Kappa, Instructor Major, Reserve Officers' 

Training Corps, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 
Richard Stoughton, Private, 14th Co., Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, 

Mass. 

G. F. Sweet, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, 55th U.S. Aero Squadron, Sig- 

nal Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
R. J. Travers, Lambda Chi Alpha, 2d Lieutenant, Co. I, 301st Supply 

Train, Camp Devens, Mass. 
H. R. . Varney, Private, Headquarters Co., 1st Maine Heavy Field Ar- 
tillery, 51st Depot Brigade, Camp Green, N. C. 
G. K. Wadlin, Lambda Chi Alpha, Private, Third Officers' Training 

School, Camp Devens, Mass. 
S. M. Wardwell, Beta Theta Pi, U. S. A. General Hospital #1, Gun Hill 

Road, Williamsport Station, New York City 
H. E. Watkins, Delta Tau Delta, 1st Lieutenant, Cavalry, Camp Pike, 

Ark. 
H. C. Waugh, Sigma Nu, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, Camp Stanley, Leon 

Springs, Texas 

21 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



R. A. Wentzel, Private, Co. C, 14th U.S. Engineers (Railway), American 
Expeditionary Forces, France 

E. M. Wilbur, Lambda Chi Alpha, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 

N. H. 

1918 

G. J. Adams, Private, #2329864, 72d Co., Canadian Forestry Corps, British 
Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. G. Albee, Phi Eta Kappa, Quartermaster 3d class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves, Machias, Maine 

W. H. Allen, Beta Theta Pi, Cadet, Ensign School, M. I. T., Cambridge, 
Mass. 

F. O. Alley Jr., Sigma Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Co. G, 302d U.S. Infantry, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 

L. M. Amos, Co. C, 14th U.S. Engineers (Railway), American Expedi- 
tionary Forces, France 

H. T. Andrews, Beta Theta Pi, Private, 11th U.S. Engineers, American 
Expeditionary Forces, France. Killed in action at the Battle 
of Cambrai, Nov. 30, 1917. Buried on French soil. 

R. N. Atherton, 2d Lieutenant, Machine Gun Section, 103d U.S. Infantry, 
26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

G. R. Bailey, Alpha Tau Omega, 1st Lieutenant, 25th Co., 7th Battalion, 

Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 

M. E. Barker, Corporal, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 26th Division, Ameri- 
can Expeditionary Forces, France 

W. C. Barrett, Phi Gamma Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Co. G, 167th U.S 
Infantry, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

J. T. Beck, Delta Tau Delta, Coxswain, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Har- 
bor, Maine 

C. A. Benson, Theta Chi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Fort 
Monroe, Va. 

F. C. Bisbee, Radio Electrician 3d class, U. S. S. Thornton, 5th Naval 
District, Norfolk, Va. 

E. H. Brasier, Phi OMnma Delta, Sergeant, Base Hospital, Camp Sevier, 
Greenville, S. C. 

T. W. Brittain, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Private, Mill Unit #7, Canadian 
Forestry Corps, Ardgay, Ross-shire, Scotland 

S. B. Bubier, Phi Sigma Kappa, 2d Lieutenant, 32d Co., 8th Battalion, 
151st Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 



22 



AND THE WAR 



H. B. Caldwell, Sigma Chi, Cadet, Flying Squadron, Kelley Field #2, 

San Antonio, Texas 
R. A. Carr, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Corporal, 17th Squadron, Aviation 

Section, Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas 
G. M. Carter, Sigma Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters Co., 51st Field 

Artillery Brigade, 26th Division, American Expeditionary 

Forces, France 
R. C. Chapman, Phi Kappa Sigma, 2d Lieutenant, 23d U.S. Infantry, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
G. M. Cheney, Phi Gamma Delta, Medical Corps, Naval Operating Base, 

Dispensary B, Hampton Roads, Va. 
H. G. Cobb, Phi Kappa Sigma, Band Leader, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 

26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
E. L. Coolbroth, Phi Gamma Delta, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 26th Divi- 
sion, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
T. H. Crawshaw, Sigma Nu, Private, Supply Co., Quartermaster Corps 

#302, Army Post Office #708, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
M. V. Crockett, Theta Chi, Reserves Officers' School. Naval Base, 

Hampton Roads, Va. 
P. W. Dolloff, Private, 14th Casual Co., 2d Motor Mechanic Regiment, 

Signal Corps, Camp Hancock, Ga. 
W. E. Donegan, Beta Theta Pi, 2d Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal 

Corps, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas 
*S. M. Dunham, Theta Chi, U.S. Naval Reserves 
R. B. Dunning, Phi Gamma Delta, Corporal, Section 606. Ambulance 

Corps, AUentown, Pa. 
L. I. Edgerly, Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster. U.S. Naval Reserves, Rock- 
land, Maine 
R. L. Emerson, Private, Mill Unit #1, Canadian Forestry Corps, Ardgay, 

Ross-shire, Scotland 
E. E. Emmons, Private, 4th U.S. Engineers. Discharged in August 

because of physical disability 
G. M. French, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp Devens, 

Mass. 
E. G. Frost, Kappa Sigma, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves. 

Rockland, Maine 
L. P. Gardner, Private, 28th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Lyons, 

Maine 



23 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



C. T. Giberson, Thcta Chi, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserves 
R. L. Greene, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Cavalry, Camp Dix. N. J. 
J. M. Hagerty, Private, 38th Co.. 10th Battalion, Depot Brigade, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

E. E. Hahn, Phi Eta Kappa, Boatswain's Mate 1st class, U.S. Naval 

Reserves, U. S. S. Chichota, Care Postmaster, U.S. Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Md. 

F. B. Haines, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Co. E. 1st U.S. Engineers. Ameri- 

can Expeditionary Forces, France 
W. R. Ham, Corporal, Electrical Sergeants' School, Coast Artillery Corps, 

Fort Monroe, Va. 
F. I. Hargreaves, Corporal, 23d Co., Coast Artillery Corps, U.S. Arsenal, 

Watertown, Mass. 
J. R. Hawkes, Phi Eta Kappa, Captain, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 

Camp Green, N. C. 
H. M.. Hayes, 2d Lieutenant, 2d Maine Infantry. Discharged in August 

because of physical disability 

F. B. Holden, Phi Kappa Sigma, Musician 1st class, 103rd U.S. Infantry 

Band, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

G. S. Hutchins, Sigma Chi, Private, 4th Co., Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
R. G. Hutton, Thcta Chi, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, Unassigned, American 

Expeditionary Forces, France 
L. B. Johnson, Sigma Chi, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Bar Harbor, Maine 
C. S. Johnson, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 
C. A. Jortberg, Alpha Tau Omega, Private, Third Officers' Training 

School, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 
S. J. Katz, Phi Epsilon Pi, Corporal, 8th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort 

Foster, Kittery Point, Maine 
J. M. Keep, Lambda Chi Alpha, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Re- 

. serves, Bar Harbor, Maine 
R. B. Kennett, Sigma Chi, 
L. W. Kimball. Sergeant, Base Hospital, 30th Division, Camp Sevier, 

Greenville, S. C. 
C. F. Leighton, Private, Base Hospital, Camp Green, N. C. 
G. S. Longley Jr.. Beta Theta Pi, Coast Artillery Corps, released for 

munition work, 431 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn. 



24 



AND THE WAR 



fP. W. Lown, Phi Epsilon Pi, Drafted 

R. A. Mackay, 2d Lieutenant, 3d Machine Gun Co., 28th U.S. Infantry, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 

E. A. McLean, 2d Lieutenant, 302d U.S. Infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. 

E. H. May, Phi Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant, 351st U.S. Field Artillery, 
Camp Meade, Annapolis Jet., Md. 

L. T. Merriman, Lambda Chi Alpha, Private, 27th Co., Coast Artillery 
Corps, Fort McKinley, Maine 

A. B. Moulton, Chief Electrician, U.S. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 

E. T. Nealley Jr., Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp Devens, 
Mass. 

G. C. Newell, Private, Machine Gun Section, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

W. L. Niles, Delta Tau Delta, Sergeant, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th Divi- 
sion, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

D. W. Norton, Phi Kappa Sigma. 2d Lieutenant, Co. L. 302d U.S. In- 
fantry, Camp Devens, Mass. 

J. M. O'Connell, Theta Chi, 1st Lieutenant, Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy 
Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

G. T. Oliver Jr., Kappa Sigma, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves, Baker Island Signal Station, via Beverly Farms, Mass. 

A. B. Osgood, Sergeant, 401st Motor Supply Train, 303d Motor Truck 
Co., Quartermaster Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, 
France 

M. S. Perkins, 2d Lieutenant, Field Artillery 

C. S. Phillips, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Private, Section 606, Ambulance 
Corps, Allentown, Pa. 

J. T. Reardon, Kappa Sigma, 1st Lieutenant. Co. H, 302d U.S. Infantry, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

C. C. Reed, Phi Kappa Sigma, Cadet,- Aviation School, M. I. T., Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

*Robert Rich, Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves 

G. B. Ruggles, Lambda Chi Alpha, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval 
Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 

H. S. Rowe, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Co. A, 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. C. Small, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sergeant, Section 606, Ambulance Corps, 
Allentown, Pa. 



25 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



W. C. Sisson, Sigma Chi, 1st Lieutenant, 302nd U.S. Infantry, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
J. H. Smiley, Phi Kappa Sigma, Flying Cadet, Barracks #2, Aviation 

Section, Park Field, Memphis, Tenn. 
R. M. Somers, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters Co., 304th 

U.S. Infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. 
Lawrence Southard, 1st Lieutenant, 351st U.S. Field Artillery, Camp 

Meade, Md. 
J. E. Spiers, Delta Tau Delta, 2d Lieutenant, 303d U.S. Infantry, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 
W. F. Stanley, Beta Theta Pi, Cook, Battery D, 103d U.S. Artillery, Hull 

Branch, Newport News, Va. 
R. R. Stevens, Seaman, U.S. Naval Reserves, Portland, Maine 
G. R. Stott, 2d Lieutenant, Co. K, 165th U.S. Infantry, 42d Division, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
L. M. Tapley, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, 25th Co., Aviation Section, 

Fort Slocum, N. Y. 
D. F. Theriault, Private, 25th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort McKinley, 

Maine 
S. R. Thompson, U.S. Naval Reserves, Holyoke Wharf, Portland, Maine 
H. D. Watson, Phi Eta Kappa, Sergeant, Headquarters Co., 18th U.S. 

Cavalry, Camp Shelby, Miss. 
S. T. Webster, Beta Theta Pi, 1st Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal 

Corps, Fort Sill, Okla. 

D. R. Weeks, Private, 19th Co., Battery B, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort 

Williams, Maine 
R. R. Wells, Phi Eta Kappa, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Offers' Training School, Pelham Bay Park, Long Island, N. Y. 
M. W. Wescott, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Corporal, Battery D, 101st U.S. 

Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
M. C. Whitcomb, Sigma Chi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 

1919 

E. R. Adams, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Section 605, Ambulance Corps, 

Allentown, Pa. 
H. J. Agger, drafted September 21, 1917. Discharged November 5, 1917 
L. E. Allen, Lambda Chi Alpha, Naval Rifle Range, Wakefield, Mass. 



26 



AND THE WAR 



H. A. Alward, Alpha Tau Omega, Aviation 

F. E. Baldwin, Sigma Nu, Radio Operator, U.S. Naval Reserves, Com- 

monwealth Pier, Boston, Mass. 

G. C. Barney, Theta Chi, Naval Radio Station, Navy Yard Philadelphia, 

Pa. 

H. E. Blakney, Theta Chi, Musician 1st class, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 
26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

E. C. Boyd, Corporal, Machine Gun Section, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

E. R. Bradley, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Musician 3d class, 103d U.S. In- 
fantry Band, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 
France 

P. M. Burnham, Sigma Nu, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

C. F. Campbell, Delta Tau Delta, Private, Co. A, ^ 29th U.S. Engineers, 
Topographical Division, Intelligence Section, American Expedi- 
tionary Forces, France 

C. H. Champion, Delta Tau Delta, Cadet, Ensign School, Cambridge, 

Mass. 

W. S. Churchill, Private, Mill Unit #9, Canadian Forestry Corps, Ard- 
gay, Ross-shire, Scotland 

J. L. Chute, Alpha Tau Omega, Cadet, Aviation School, M. I. T., Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

D. L. Coady, Kappa Sigma, U.S. Naval Reserves 

W. B. Cobb, Phi Kappa Sigma, Private, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

K. B. Colbath, Kappa Sigma 

P. T. Collins, U.S. Navy Rifle Range, Annapolis, Md. 

R. J. Cook, Theta Chi, discharged from U.S. Naval Reserves to enter 
the army, but not accepted 

P. B. Crocker, Private, Army Aviation School, Harvard, Cambridge, 
Mass. 

H. P. DeCoster, Delta Tau Delta, Cadet, School of Military Aeronautics, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

D. B. Demerritt, Lambda Chi Alpha, Quartermaster 1st class. Building 
24, Boston Navy Yard, Care District Enrolling Officer, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

R. W. Dolloff, Sergeant, Co. M, 5th Mass. Infantrj', Camp Green, N. C. 

*F. E. Donovan, Theta Chi, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves 



27 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



I. R. Donovan, Alpha Tau Omega, Wagoner, Supply Co. 1, 1st Maine 
Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

A. G. T)o-w, Electrician 2d class, U.S. Naval Reserves, Army and Navy 

Y. M. C. A., Newport, R. I. 
N. W. Emery, Sigma Nu. Cadet, Ensign School, Hingham, Mass. 
*K. B. Farr, Quartermaster 3d class, U.S. Naval Reserves 

B. N. Faulkingham, Lambda Chi Alpha, Regimental Color Sergeant, 

303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. 

*G. A. Faulkner, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves 

*C. H. Files, Phi Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval 
Reserves 

M. E. French, Private, Battery D. 303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

G. A. J. Froberger, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Private, Third Officers' Train- 
ing School, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 

F. S. Frye, Private 1st class. Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 
Camp Green, N. C. 

D. M. Gaskill, Lambda Chi Alpha, Ward Room Steward, U. S. S. Mt. 

Vernon, Care Postmaster, New York City 

C. F. Giles, Sigma Nu, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

U.S. Coast Guard Station #5, Islesford, Maine 
F. J. Goggin, Corporal, #2329859, 71st Co., Canadian Forestry Corps, 

British Expeditionary Forces, France 
C. G. Goodwin, Cadet, 3d Co., U.S. Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. 
W. L. Gordon, Mechanic in Aviation, 56th Aero Squadron, Air Service, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
C. P. Gould, Phi Gamma Delta, Chief Quartermaster, Communication 

Office, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 
J. C. Greene, Delta Tau Delta, Private, Headquarters Co., 303d Heavy 

Field Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. . 

E. L. Hamlin, Sigma Chi, Corporal, Motor Truck Co. 11, 2d Division, 

Supply Trains Motor Regiment, American Expeditionary 

Forces, France 
R. A. Harrington, Phi Eta Kappa, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserves 
J. F. Harris, Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Officers' Training School. Pelham Bay Park, Long Island, 

N. Y. 
fL. W. Hathaway, Private, Third Maine Infantry 
C. A. Haynes, Sigma Chi, Private, Headquarters Co., 1st Maine Heavy 

Field Artiller^^ Camp Green, N. C. 

28 



AND THE WAR 



W. C. Hoagland, Lambda Chi Alpha, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval 
Reserves, Officers' Training School, Pelham Bay Park, Long 
Island, N. Y. 

fV. F. Hobbs, Private 1st class, Aviation 

E. A. Hodgkins, Sigma Chi, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 
Bar Harbor, Maine 

C. T. Holden, Alpha Tan Omega, Machinist Mate 2d class, U.S. Naval 

Reserves, Bumkin Island, Boston, Mass. 

J. H. Howard, Delta Tau Delta, Cadet, Ensign School, Cambridge, Mass. 

fM. T. Hudson, Aviation 

J. M. Hughey, Private, Headquarters, Co., 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

L. F. Husse\'. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Supply Sergeant, Battery E, 1st 
Maine Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 

A. B. Joyce. Sigma Chi, Corporal, Coast Artillery Corps Band, Fort 
McKinley, Maine 

R. M. Kendall, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Private 1st class. School of Mili- 
tary Aeronautics, Cornell University. Ithaca, N. Y. 

E. E. Kennison, Phi Eta Kappa, Seaman 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 
Boothbay Harbor, Maine 

A. R. King, Beta Theta Pi, Machinist Mate 2d class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves, Bumkin Island, Boston, Mass. 

E. B. Kirk. Sigma Nu, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 
Bar Harbor, Maine 

Norman Knowlton, Y. M. C. A. Secretary, Camp Green, N. C. 

D. E. Lawton 

C. A. R. Lewis, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval 

Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 
A. W. Lowell, Kappa Sigma, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserves 
J. W. Lucas, Theta Chi, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Egg Rock, Nahant. Mass. 
W. L. MacBride, Theta Chi, Private, Battery E, 1st Maine Heavy Field 

Artillery, 51st Depot Brigade, Camp Green, N. C. 
K. G. Macquarrie, Delta Tau Delia, U.S. Naval Reserves, Portland, 

Maine 
W. G. Martin, Phi Gamma Delta, Pharmacist's Mate 1st class, Section 

Base, Medical Dept, U.S. Naval Reserves, Portland, Maine 

E. C. Melcher, Sigma Chi, Sergeant, Battery C, 4th U.S. Field Artillery, 

Camp Shelby, Miss. 



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THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



*L. E. Merrow, Alpha Tau Omega, Seaman, U.S. Naval Reserves 

H. A. Miller, 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, U.S. Reserves, Camp Dix, N. J. 

A. R. Mitchell, Private, 3d Co., Aviation Section, Camp Lee, Petersburg, 
Va. 

*M. A. Mitchell, Theta Chi, Quartermaster 3d class, U.S. Naval Reserves 

R. H. Mooney Jr., 2d Lieutenant, 7th Co., 2d Battalion, 151st Depot 
Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 

G. E. Newell, Phi Kappa Sigma, Medical Corps, Fort Wadsv^^orth, N. Y. 

E. B. Norcross, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Co. B, 14th U.S. Engineers 
(Railway), American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. A. Ohnemus, Kappa Sigma, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

R. R. Owen, Phi Eta Kappa, Sergeant, Co. A, 6th U.S. Engineers, Ameri- 
can Expeditionary Forces, France 

E. S. Peckham, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, #2329925, Canadian Forestry 

Corps, Co. 128, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland 

Clark Perry, Kappa Sigma, Private, Supply Co., 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

S. L. Pitts, Sigma Nu, Seaman 2d class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

fRufus Prince, Aviation 

R. A. Ranger, Sigma Nu, Private, Third Ofiicers' Training School, 
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

H. V. Rapp, Lambda Chi Alpha, Corporal, Headquarters Co., Quarter- 
master Corps, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. 

H. N. Robbins, Sigma Chi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

S. B. Rodick, Sigma Chi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

%A. B. Rowe, Phi Eta Kappa, Quartermaster 3d class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves, Boothbay Harbor, Maine 

G. E. Rumill, Naval Aeronautic Station, Reserve Section 2, Pensacola, 
Fla. 

Burton A. Shaw, Private 1st class, 23d Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Camp 
Devens, Mass. 

O. S. Smallidge. U.S. Naval Reserves 

F. F. Smiley, Phi Kappa Sigma, Musician 3d class, 103d U.S. Infantry 

Band, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
S. R. Smiley, Theta Chi, Harvard Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. 
R. J. Smith, Theta Chi, Corporal, Quartermaster Corps Training School, 

Receiving Co. #3, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. 



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AND THE WAR 



C. B. Stephenson, Beta Theta Pi, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves, U.S. Coast Guard Station H, Jonesport, Maine 

S. A. Stevens, Phi Gamma Delta 

W. S. Stevenson, Private, 101st U.S. Trench Mortar Battery, 26th Divi- 
sion, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

*C. W. Stewart, Alpha Tau Omega, Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves 

H. K. Strout, Private, Headquarters Co., 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th 
Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

C. C. Sweatt, Phi Eta Kappa, Corporal, 2d Co., Field Artillery, Fort 
Slocum, N. Y. 

W. H. Taylor, Private, Medical Corps, Evacuation Hospital #5, Camp 
Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 

J. H. Thomas, Sergeant, 101st U.S. Engineers, 26th Division, American 
Expeditionary Forces, France 

A. W. Thompson, Private, Battery A, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 
Camp Green, N. C. 

G. E. Thompson, Theta Chi, Musician 3d class, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 
26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

|A. J. Tierney, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Machinist Mate 1st class, U.S. 
Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 

N. E. Torrey, Kappa Sigma, Boatswain's Mate 1st class, U.S. Naval 
Reserves, Naval Cadet School, Dana Hall. Cambridge, Mass. 

E. G. Tupper, Private, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th Division, American Ex- 
peditionary Forces, France 

N. E. True, Lambda Chi Alpha, 2d Lieutenant. 18th Co., U.S. Marine 
Corps, Paris Island, S. C. 

M. M. Weymouth, Alpha Tau Omega, 2d Lieutenant, Co. L, 51st Pioneer 
Regiment, Spartansburg. S. C. 

T. S. Whitehouse, Sigma Nu, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Monroe, Va. 

tC. M. Winter, Delta Tau Delta, Aviation 

K. T. Wooster, Sigma Chi, Quartermaster, U. S. S. Edward Peirce, 
Care Postmaster, New York City 

C. M. Ziegler, Beta Theta Pi, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

1920 

fLewis Abramson, Phi Epsilon Pi, Drafted 

H. B. Atkinson, Private. Co. D, 303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Devens, 
Mass. 

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



L. G. Atwood, Sigma Nu, Radio Electrician 3d class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Machias, Maine 
$W. B. Averill, Lambda Chi Alpha, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval 

Reserves 
*J. W. Barbeau, U.S. Naval Reserves 
L. P. Barbour, U. S. S. Covington, Division 1, Care Postmaster, New 

York City 
*J. S. Barron, Alpha Tau Omega, Seaman, U.S. Naval Reserves 
H. P. Black, Engineering Dept., U.S. Balloon School, Omaha, Neb. 
L. J. Bonfilio, Private, 1st Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Williams, 

Maine 

C. P. Bryant, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Third Officers' Training School, 

Camp Devens, Mass. 

D. E. Campbell, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bumkin Island, Boston, Mass. 

Died January 20, 1918 at his home in Island Falls, of pneu- 
monia, contracted on duty 
L. G. Gates, Clerk, U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. 
R. W. Chaplin, Phi Eta Kappa, Sergeant, Headquarters Co., 76th U.S. 

Field Artillery, Camp Shelby, Miss. 
*E. E. Christianson, Alpha Tau Omega, U.S. Naval Reserves 
A. N. Couri, Delta Tau Delta, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval 

Reserves, U. S. S. Gurka, Portland, Maine 
H. B. Cousins, Phi Gavima Delta, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, 

Maine 
fH. D. Crosby, Sigma Nu, Aviation 
Paul DeCourcey, Private, 303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Devens, 

Mass. 
P. D. Dempsey, Sigma Chi 

*V. E. Drew, Alpha Tau Omega, U.S. Naval Reserves 
J. A. Dunton, Phi Eta Kappa, Private, Section 606, Ambulance Corps, 

Allentown, Pa. 
G. E. Edgerly, Phi Gamma Delta, Harvard Cadet Training School, 

Cambridge, Mass. 
C. L. Emerson. Private, Embarkation Hospital, Camp Stuart, Newport 

News, Va. 
A. C. Freeman, Sigma Chi, Private, Battery A, 103d U.S. Field Artillery, 

26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
*F. H. Friend, Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Rserves 
H. M. Gardiner, Lambda Chi Alpha, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval 

Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 



ZZ 



AND THE WAR 



R. I. Coding, Died Jan. 15, 1918 at Base Hospital, Camp Cordon, Ca. 
Stanton Clover, Sigma Chi, Private, 102d Ambulance Corps, 101st U.S. 

Sanitary Train, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 

E. C. Hall, Phi Gamma Delta, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

707 Oxford Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

H. C. Hall, Phi Eta Kappa, Musician 3d class, 103d U.S. Infantry Band, 
26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

V. O. Harkness, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Musician 3d class, 103d U.S. In- 
fantry Band, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 
France 

P. A. Harriman, Sigma Nu, Quartermaster 2d class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 
U. S. S. Shad, Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass. 

H. W. Hodgkins, Sigma Nu, Boatswain's Mate 1st class, U.S. Naval 
Reserves, Bar Harbor. Maine 

*C. E. Hotham, Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves 

F. W. Howard, Electrician 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, Receiving 

Ship, Building #203, Philadelphia, Pa. 
*H. Y. Howard, Kappa Sigma, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval 

Reserves 
R. H. Howell, Sigma Chi, Private, Battery D, Coast Artillery Corps, 

Fort Levett, Maine 
O. E. Hunton, Phi Eta Kappa, Private, Section 606, Ambulance Corps, 

Allentown, Pa. Bugler 
C. S. Johnson. Beta Theta Pi, Private, 22d Co., Coast Artillery Corps, 

Fort Levett, Maine 
fP. T. Johnson. Sigma Chi, Drafted 
C. H. Jordan. Beta Theta Pi, Private, 101st U.S. Engineers Band. 26th 

Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
L. W. Judkins, Lambda Chi Alpha, Private, Alill Unit, Canadian Forestry 

Corps, Bonar Bridge, Scotland 
H. V. Kewer, Kappa Sigma, Private. Co. K, 38th U.S. Infantry, Camp 

Green, N. C. 
E. L. Kneeland, Private, Sanitary Detachment. 302d U.S. Engineers, Camp 

Upton, Yaphank. L. I. 
O. A. Kneeland, Private, 1st Vermont. Infantry, Camp Green, N. C. 
*D. S. Laughlin, Sigma Chi, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves 
P. A. Libby, Sigma Nu, Cadet, Harvard Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. 



33 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



H. H. Lindgren, Private 1st class, Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy Field 

Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
C. R. McCobb, Private, Battery F, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 

Camp Green, N. C. 
A. C. MacGee, Sigma Chi, Private, Third Offiecrs' Training School, 

Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 
L. A. McKenney, Alpha Tau Omega, U.S. Naval Hospital, League Island, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Ralph Moody, Delta Tau Delta, Private, 103d U.S. Infantry, Camp Hull, 

Newport News, Va. 
A. D. Mulvaney, Alpha Tau Omega, U.S. Naval Reserves, Rockland, 

Maine 
G. H. S. Nickerson, Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, Rock- 
land, Maine 
E. L. Norton, Harvard Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. 
*R. J. Paganucci, Kappa Sigma, Seaman, U.S. Naval Reserves 
tJ. H. Parsons, Delta Tau Delta, Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves, 

Portland, Maine 
K. M. Pattee, Electrician's Helper, U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. 
*W. F. Porter, Kappa Sigma, U.S. Naval Reserves 

E. H. Rich, Phi Gamma Delta, Private, Headquarters Detachment, 101st 

U.S. Engineers, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 

France 
Barclay Rickard, Delta Tau Delta, U.S. Naval Reserves 
JSherman Rossiter, Phi Gamma Delta, Quartermaster 2d class, U.S. 

Naval Reserves, Ensign School, M. I. T., Cambridge, Mass. 

F. Van N. Schenck, Beta Theta Pi, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, 

Maine 

F. E. Smith, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 

*W. C. Shoemaker, Theta Chi, Quartermaster 3d class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves 

H. A. Starrett, 2d Lieutenant, 3d Co., 1st Battalion, 152d Depot Brigade, 
Yaphank, Long Island, N. Y. 

R. S. Stearns, Phi Kappa Sigma, Machinist Mate, Naval Training Sta- 
tion, Newport, R. I. 

C. S. Stevens, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sergeant, Section 608, Ambulance 
Corps, Allentown, Pa. 

V. M. Stevens, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Private, Battery B, 7th U.S. Field 
Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, France 



34 



AND THE WAR 



R. H. Stodder, Beta Theta Pi, Quartermaster, U.S. Naval Reserves 

P. D. Sullivan, Radio Electrician 3d class, U.S. Naval Reserves, U. S. S. 
May, Bar Harbor, Maine 

W. E. Tarbell, Yeoman 3d class, U.S. Navy, Commonwealth Pier, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

C. J. Thompson, Phi Gamma Delta, Cadet, School of Military Aero- 
nautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

H. D. Tinker, 

*W. S. Tolman, Sigma Chi, Seaman, U.S. Naval Reserves 

XE. S. Turner, Phi Eta Kappa, Machinist Mate 2d class, U.S. Naval 
Reserves, Boothbay Harbor, Maine 

J. P. Waite, Phi Gamma Delta, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 

W. C. White, Phi Kappa Sigma, Marion Academy, Md. Preparatory to 
entering U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. 

S. P. Whitney, Machinist Mate 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves, 8 Levin 
St.. Newport, R. I. 

C. L. Woodman, Alpha Tau Omega, Musician 3d class, 103d U.S. Infantry 
Band, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

*R. F. Woodman, Alpha Tau Omega, Seaman 1st class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves 

1921 

L. M. Brown, Phi Eta Kappa. 

C. H. Davis, Radio Electrician 3d class. Harvard Radio School, Cam- 

bridge, Mass. 
*H. G. Doherty, Theta Chi, Seaman 1st class, U.S. Naval Reserves 

D. K. Clisby, Delta Tau Delta, Private. Ambulance Corps, Allentown, 

Pa. 
H. W. Lockhart, Delta Tau Delta, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, 

Maine 
R. A. McGown, 

*G. J. Malone, Sigma Nu, U.S. Naval Reserves 
*R. C. Moulton, U.S. Naval Reserves 
JDexter Pullen, U.S. Naval Reserves, Barracks #8, Camp Hingham, Mass. 

Honorably discharged from service, February 16, 1918 
H. E. Treworgy, Aviation, San Antonio, Texas 

S. Wadlin, Phi Eta Kappa, U.S. Naval Reserves, Bar Harbor, Maine 
R. L. Williams, Phi Eta Kappa, Cadet, School of Military Aeronautics, 

Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



35 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



COLLEGE OF LAW 

1906 

P. A. Hasty, Captain, Co. A, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th Division. Ameri- 
can Expeditionary Forces. France 

1909 

A. E. Anderson, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, Camp Dix, N. J. 

F. W. Halliday, Chairman of District Exemption Board, Penobscot 

County, Newport, Maine 
S. H. Gardner Jr., Beta Theta Pi, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserves 

1910 

H. L. Grinnell, Chairman Exemption Board #2, Rockingham Co., Derry, 

N. H. 
E. S. Powers, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, Co. 10, Section B, 

Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. 

1911 

Albert Beliveau, 2d Lieutenant. Headquarters Co.. 216th U.S. Infantry, 

Camp Meade, Md. 
D. I. Gould, Captain, Co. M, 1st New Hampshire Infantry, Camp Green, 

N. C. Discharged for physical disability, February 14, 1918 

1912 

J. L. Boyle, Headquarters Co., Field Hospital Section, 101st U.S. Sanitary 
Train, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

J .T. Ford, Private, Mill Unit #1, Canadian Forestry Corps, Bonar Bridge, 
Sutherlandshire, Sotland 

L. I. Harvey. Captain, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Rodman, New Bed- 
ford, Mass. 

T. E. Sullivan, Lieutenant, Co. D, 315th U.S. Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. 

1913 

M. V. Doten, Cadet, U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, Squadron 23, 
Cambridge, Mass. 

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AND THE WAR 



H. E. Eaton, Sergeant, Officers' Training School, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 
J. M. Gillin, 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, Camp Dix, N. J. 

1914 

C. D. Bartlett, Cadet, Princeton Aviation School, Princeton, N. J. 

C. A. Blackington, Delta Tau Delta, Private, Battery E, 1st Maine Heavy 

Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
C. B. Frost, Sergeant, Engineers Officers Reserve Corps, Watertown 

Arsenal, Watertown, Mass. 
R. R. Glass, Captain, (Infantry), Quartermaster Corps, Camp Sherman, 

Ohio 
F. W. Small, Quartermaster Corps, Camp Gordon, Ga. 
F. E. Southard, see University graduates. Class of 1910 
F. D. Walker Jr., Private. Battery A. 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 

51st Depot Brigade, Camp Green, N. C. 

1915 

H. C. Moody, 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
C. A. Whitney, Sigma Chi. Captain, 3d Co., 3d Battalion. Depot Brigade, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

1916 

F. U. Burkett, Aviation 

G. F. Eaton, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, Wing No. 1, Taliaferro Field, Fort 

Worth, Texas 

J. A. Garakian, Private, Infantry, Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. 

G. C. Gray, 1st Lieutenant, Co. L, 301st U.S. Infantry, Camp Devens, 
Mass. 

J. E. Harvey, Sergeant, Ordnance Detachment, 103d U.S. Field Artillery, 
26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 

M. B. Moren, Lieutenant, Field Artillerj^ A. P. O. 718, American Expedi- 
tionary Forces, France 

H. L. Reed, Lieutenant, 3d Co., Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass. 

N. W. Thompson, Thcta Chi, Machinist Mate 2d class, U.S. Naval Re- 
serves, Portland, Maine 

H. H. Towle, Phi Gamma Delta, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Maine Heavy Field 
Artillery, Camp Green, N.C. 



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T. N. Weeks, Medical Dept., 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th Division, American 
Expeditionary Forces, France 

1917 

J. H. Corridon, 2d Lieutenant, Artillery, Kelly Field, Texas 

P. H. Ford, Battery E, 54th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort McKinley, 

Maine 
W. J. Flanagan, Headquarters Co., 1st Maine Heavy Field Artillery, 

Camp Green, N. C. 
H. W. HoUis, Sergeant, Battery A, 303d Heavy Field Artillery, Camp 

Devens, Mass. 

E. D. Hooker, 101st U.S. Supply Train, 26th Division, American Expedi- 

tionary Forces, France 
H. W. Hurley, 2d Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, National Army, 

American Expeditionary Forces, France 
Joseph Little, Private, Section 606, Ambulance Corps, Allentown, Pa. 
J. B. Watson, Cadet, U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, Cambridge, 

Mass. 
A. J. Urbano, Battery F, 54th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Fort McKinley, 

Maine 

1918 

C. A. Brovirn, 1st Lieutenant, 301st U.S. Infantry, Camp Devens, Mass. 
J. J. Curran, 2d Lieutenant, Co. M, 1st New Hampshire Infantry, Camp 

Green, N. C. 
H. R. Drew, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas 
J. C. Fitzgerald, 13th Co., Coast Artillery Corps, Bath, Maine 
G. H. Gillin, 2d Lieutenant, 39th New York Infantry, Camp Green, N. C. 
O. H. Lane, Cadet, U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, Cambridge, 

Mass. 
G. S. Levenson, Phi Epsilon Pi, U.S. Naval Reserves, Portland, Maine 
J. A. Marquis, Clerk of American Legation, The Hague, Holland 
H. O. Plummer, Co. I, 103d U.S. Infantry, 26th Division, American Ex- 
peditionary Forces, France 

F. P. Preti, Phi Eta Kappa, Quartermaster 1st class, U.S. Naval Re- 

serves, Libby Island, Starboard, Maine 
Horace White, Cadet, School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell Uni- 
versity, Ithaca, N. Y. 



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AND THE WAR 



1919 



N. D. Godfrey, see University Graduates, Class of 1917 

V. E. Gilpatrick, Private, #2329862, Co. 128, Canadian Forestry Corps, 

Kincardine-on-Forth, Fifeshire, Scotland 
P. A. Jones, Beta Theta Pi, Sergeant, Supply Co., 103d U.S. Infantry, 

26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France 
N. P. Shaw, Battery E, 303d Field Artillery, Camp Devens, Mass. 
John Ware, Mill Unit *9, Canadian Forestry Corps, Ardgay, Ross-shire, 

Scotland 
H. G. Woods, Sergeant, #2329858, Co. 59, Canadian Forestry Corps, 

British Expeditionary Forces, France 



FACULTY 



*In active service 
fOn leave of absence 



Robert J. Aley, President. Member, Secondary School Section of the 

Committee on Engineering and Education, Council of National 

Defense, Advisory Commission ; Member, State Committee of 

War Savings Stamps ; Member, N. E. A. Committee on War 

Savings Stamps for New England 
Harold S. Boardman. Dean of the College of Technology. Member, 

Orono Fuel Committee 
Joseph H. Bodwell, County Agent for Piscataquis County. Member, 

County Committee on Food Production 
t*Ralph F. Colburn, Bookkeeper. Private 1st class. Battery F, 1st Maine 

Heavy Field Artillery, Camp Green, N. C. 
*John D. Cook, Sergeant, Regular Army, Instructor in Military Science 

and Tactics. Commissioned 2d Lieutenant 
*H. Vigor Cranston, Secretary, Christian Association. Yeoman 3d class, 

U.S. Navy, U. S. S. President Lincoln, Care Postmaster, New 

York City 
Arthur L. Deering, County Agent for Kennebec County. Secretary, 

County Committee on Food Production 
Charles J. Dunn, Treasurer. Member, State Committee of Public Safety. 

Division Federal Appeal Officer for the Draft Board 
Windsor P. Daggett, Professor of Public Speaking. Member, Committee 

on Y. M. C. A. Drive 

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THE. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



E. W. Davee. Instructor of Mechanical Engineering. Member, Committee 
on Red Cross Drive 

Clarence A. Day, County Agent for Washington County. Chairman, 
County Committee on Food Production ; Chairman, Committee 
on Food Conservation 

Jane L. Fayle, Stenographer in the Experiment Station. Private Secre- 
tary to Doctor Pearl of the Federal Food Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 

*Raymond Floyd, Instructor of German. Enlisted in Aviation Section, 
Signal Corps. Discharged for Physical Disability, February 
14, 1918 

Frances R. Freeman, Professor of Home Economics. Home Economics 
Director for the State Food Administration 

James A. Gannett. Registrar. Chairman, Orono Red Cross Drive ; Mem- 
ber, Orono Second Liberty Loan Committee ; Member, War 
Savings Stamps Committee 

Albert K. Gardner, County Agent for Franklin County. Chairman, 
County Committee on Food Administration 

William M. Gray, County Agent for York Countj'. Member, County 
Committee on Food Production 

fHerman H. Hanson, Chemist in the Experiment Station. Member, 
Orono Red Cross Committee ; Member, Second Liberty Loan 
Committee ; Chairman, Orono Home Defense Committee 
In charge of the section of delinquent licensees, Statistical 
Division, Federal Food Administration, Washington, D. C. 

*Horace M. Hickam, Major, U. S. A., Professor of Military Science and 
Tactics. Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Garden City, Long 
Island, N. Y. 

t*Ralph M. Holmes, Assistant Professor of Physics. U.S. Weather 
Bureau, Boston, Mass. 

*Robert O. Hutchinson, Instructor of Physics. Drafted 

Maurice D. Jones, Farm Management Demonstrator. Member, Penob- 
scot County Committee on Food Production 

Carl H. Lekberg, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Mem- 
ber, Committee for Y. M. C. A. Drive 

*B. O. McAnney, Assistant Professor of English. Enlisted 

James McClure Matthews, Associate Professor of Economics and Soci- 
ology. Assistant in Licensing Division of the State Food 
Administration 



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Leon S. Merrill, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the 
Agricultural Extension Service. Federal Food Administrator 
for the State of Maine ; Vice Chairman, Sub-Committee of 
Food Production of the State Public Safety Committee 

tjohn R. Minor, Computer in the Experiment Station. Assistant, Statis- 
tical Division, Federal Food Administration, Washington, D. C. 

Warner J. Morse, Plant Pathologist in the Experiment Station. Leader 
in Extension work along special plant disease control 

Edith M. Patch, Entomologist in the Experiment Station. Leader in 
Extension work along special insect control v.ork 

fRaymond Pearl, Biologist in the Experiment Station. In charge of the 
Statistical Division, Federal Food Administration, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Catharine N. Platts, Extension Instructor in Home Economics. Director 
of state-wide Food Conservation Campaign during July and 
August, 1917. Appointed Leader of Emergency Home Demon- 
stration Work in Maine October 1, 1917 

Blanche F. Pooler, Clerk in the Experiment Station. In charge of Office 
of Statistical Division, Federal Food Administration, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

*Anton A. Raven, Instructor of English. Enlisted in U. S. Navy 

fL. J. Reed, Associate Professor of Mathematics. Assistant, Statistical 
Division, Federal Food Administration, Washington, D. C. 

Walter H. Rogers, Assistant Chemist in the Experiment Station. In 
munition work, Care Dupont Powder Co., 117 C St., Carney's 
Point, N. J. 

Harold J. Shaw, County Agent, Androscoggin and Sagadahoc Counties. 
Field Secretary, Androscoggin County Committee on Food 
Production 

Fuller G. Sherman, Assistant Chemist in the Experiment Station. In 
munition work, Care Dupont Powder Co., Woodbury, N. J. 

♦Norman C. Small, Instructor of Civil Engineering. Private, Third 
Officers' Training School, Camp Devens, Mass. 

fHarry W. Smith, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology'. Assistant Coun- 
ty Agent Leader (Emergency Extension Work) 

George W. Stephens, Professor of Economics and Sociology. Executive 
Assistant for the cooperation of social, religious, and educa- 
tional organizations with the State Food Administration 



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THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 



fFrank M. Surface, Biologist in the Experiment Station. Assistant chief, 
Statistical Division, Federal Food Administration, Washington, 
D. C. 

fHerman P. Sweetser, Assistant Professor of Horticulture. Executive 
Secretary to Leon S. Merrill, State Food Administrator 

fHarley R. Willard, Associate Professor of Mathematics. Assistant, 
Statistical Division, Federal Food Administration, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Charles D. Woods, Director of the Experiment Station. Member, State 
Committee of Public Safety on Food Production ; Chairman, 
State Fuel Wood Committee. In charge of fuel wood supply 
for the state 

t*William J. Young, Professor of Physical Education and Director of 
Athletics. First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, 311 Sani- 
tary Train, Field Hospital 342, Camp Grant, Illinois 



U. OF M. DELEGATION LEADS COLLEGE MEN 
Proficiency Highest Says Camp Devens Officer 

(Clipping from Portland Sunday Telegram) 

Orono, February 9, 1918. Information that the University of Maine 
delegation at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Camp Devens, 
Ayer, Mass., has shown the highest proficiency of any of the collegiate 
sections since the third school for future officers opened, is contained 
in a letter received here from a high official at Devens. The letter 
cannot be quoted in full as it was a personal communication ; however, 
it causes a great deal of satisfaction on the part of the university author- 
ities and members of the military department here. 

Major Frank R. Lang, U. S. A. Retired, Professor of Military 
Science and Tactics at the University this year, detailed by the Govern- 
ment to handle the R. O. T. C. which comprises the U. of M. Cadet 
Regiment, lays all the credit at the feet of Capt. Frank S. Clark. In- 
structor in 1914-1916, now in France with the 6th U. S. Heavy Artillery, 
and Major Horace M. Hickam, Instructor last year, who is now in the 
Aviation section at Garden City, L. I. Although many of the students 
who make up U. of M.'s quota in the training camp at Devens received 
some instruction under him last all. Major Lang says that Capt. Clark 
and Major Hickam are wholly responsible for the fine showing which 
is gratifying to the officials of the institution. 



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OUR NEW COMMANDANT 



Brief Sketch of "Maine's" New Commander 

The University of Maine's new professor of military science and 
tactics, Major Frank R. Lang, has participated in three American foreign 
wars since 1898, and was twice wounded, once in the Boxer rebellion, 
so severely that he is lucky to be alive. He was leading his regiment 
into battle when shrapnel burst directly over his head showering 
him with fragments. He was unconscious for two days and in the 
hospital for a year. He fought in the Spanish and Philippine wars, 
with Pershing in the latter conflict. Besides having seen more service 
than the average Amerian of 40 years, he is also a scholar, having re- 
ceived, among others, the doctor of philosophy and master of laws 
degrees. In short, his life has been crowded with events and now that 
America's greatest war of the present century is on he is extremely 
anxious to get into it. 

Major Lang is of special interest to the people of Maine at large 
because he is a Portland boy. He was born in Portland and studied law 
as a young man, graduating from Columbia university in 1894. He 
practiced law until the Spanish war broke out, when he was a second 
lieutenant in the First Maine infantry. Soon after, he was appointed 
a second lieutenant in the Ninth U. S. cavalry, regular army. He 
went at once to the Philippines, where he served throughout the Spanish 
war, meanwhile having been transferred to the Ninth U. S. infantry. 
He was there two years. 

When the foreign legations were besieged by Boxers in China in 
1900, his regiment was ordered from the Philippines to the relief of 
the American diplomatic contingent. 

On the road from Tien Tsin to Pekin, there was fighting all the 
way. The Boxers had only ancient weapons, including swords, but the 
Imperial troops, who had gone over to the Boxer cause and were out 
to annihilate the foreign devils, were well armed with Krupp field guns 
and modern rifles. On July 13, 1900, Major Lang, then second lieutenant, 
received a bullet in his left arm but this was not to be his only wound, 
for on Aug. 6, at the battle of Yangstun, while leading his regiment, a 
shell burst over him. He didn't know that he had been struck until a 
gentle nurse informed him of the fact in a hospital two days later. He 
then learned that his horse had been killed under him. He had been 
fairly rained with pieces of shrapnel and it took him a year to recover 
sufficiently to leave his bed. 

In the Philippine war, he was in the battle of Tagologo, under 
Gneral Scott, and at Jolo, fought with Captain Pershing, now the general 
of the American army in France. Major Lang, like most soldiers who 
have seen considerable service, is not exactly loquacious when speaking 
of his experiences. 

He made tours to the Philippines after that, in 1904, 1905, 1907 and 
1908. In 1905, he was in Manila Bay when the remnant of the Russian 



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fleet, which had received such a beating from Admiral Togo, limped 
into the harbor directly after the battle. Major Lang then was appointed 
observer in the Russo-Japanese war for the American army and during 
the remainder of that conflict, witnessed numerous battles between the 
forces of the Czar and those of the Japanese emperor. He could tell 
a great many interesting things about this war. but limits his remarks 
to the fact that the Japanese first introduced trench fighting on a scale 
comparable to the present war at that time, and also used captive ballons 
to a large extent, to judge artillery range, although of course they didn't 
approach the scientific method of today. 

Returning to the United States, as a judge advocate of the army, 
he later taught in Columbia university and practiced law. He is a mem- 
ber of the New York, District of Columbia, Michigan, and California 
bars, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He intends to 
apply for admission to the Maine bar, also. Besides the A. B. degree, 
he also has the LL. B. degree from Detroit university, 1904; A. M., 
Columbia, 1915; Ph. D., 1916, LL. M., 1917, and Sc. D., in Jurisprudence. 

Major Lang is most youthful in appearance for a man who has 
seen so much of life and is a veteran of three wars. He was on the 
retired list when this war broke out, and it happens to be a fact that 
army officers above the rank of captain cannot be returned to active 
service without special legislation by Congress. He is eagerly awaiting 
that legislation so that he can add still more to his already long cam- 
paign badge, now one of the longest worn by any army officer. 



MAINE MAN AWARDED A CROIX DE GUERRE 



Herbert P. Halvorson of Pawtucket, R. I. and a former student 
at the University of Maine, has been cited for unusual bravery on the 
battlefield of France and was recently awarded the Croix de Guerre. 
The following letter was written to his parents : 

"All of us feel happy, for today finds us over 60 miles away from 
the front, where the roar of guns and action of war cannot reach us. 
Our section was relieved on Saturday afternoon and we immediately 
packed up and left for France, arriving late Saturday night. Yesterday, 
Sunday, was a day of rest for all and at dinner we were given a surprise 
by the chief of the section. It included soup, roast beef, potatoes, spinach, 
delicious cookies, and real canned peaches from America. It certainly 
tasted good and we appreciated it. 

"Today all of us began work on our cars, washing, greasing, and 
getting them into good condition again. Our car is detailed to the town 
where the chief doctor of the section is located and we are here in case 
any of the soldiers in this division are sick and need transportation to 
the hospital. We are quartered in a quaint chateau with the doctor 
and his staff^, and the quarters are palatial, speaking in war terms, while 
sharing the officers' food is certainly a treat. 



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"What I am going to say next I take a great deal of pride in writing. 
Saturday night the general orders of the attack which we worked in 
came out and our chief received a copy. In it our whole section was 
commended for its splendid work. Besides this, five of our men, in- 
cluding myself, vv^ere cited for unusual bravery and good work. This 
gives the five of us the Croix de Guerre, or in English, the Cross of 
War. On Thursday the commandant of the division will arrive in camp 
to decorate us with the medals. It is a big honor in France to receive 
a war cross, and all of us feel mighty proud. Receipt of the cross 
brings all of us also two days' permission in Paris, and probably Satur- 
day of this week the five of us will leave for a two days' stay there. 
I know you will feel proud when you hear of this, for it shows at least 
the ambulance drivers didn't go to France to get out of the war or 
'slack.' " 

Mr. Halvorson entered the University of Maine with the Class of 
1917, transferring to Brown University after his first j'ear. He v/as 
a Senior in Brown when he left for Europe as a member of the Brown 
Unit to join the American Ambulance Corps. Mr. Halvorson is a 
member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. 

His parents have informed President Aley that the rumor that 
their son had lost his eyesight due to a gas attack was started from 
the fact that his eyes were slightly affected by gas, but nothing serious 
has resulted and about a month ago he was not even wearing glasses. 
Mr. Halvorson has transferred to the Aviation Section and is still in 
France in this section of the service. 



Maine's famous band — the one that saw service in the summer of 
1916 on the Mexican border — is across the pond. The following letter 
has been received from George Dole '17. 

October , 1917 

Dear : 

This the first chance I have had to write since we landed here. We 
arrived yesterday after a very pleasant but uneventful voyage. I will 
start from the time we left Westfield and give you a general outline 
of the trip. I can't tell you the names of places, boats, or ports, but 
will do the best I can to describe the trip. We were on the water for 
fourteen and one-half days — a full two weeks' voyage. 

We left Westfield and proceeded by train to an American port, from 
which we embarked along with many other troops to the port of another 
country which took us a few days. There we were picked up by more 
troops and our escorts. One should not worry about the safety of Amer- 
ican troops going over, because they are well convoj'ed and when they 
reach the submarine zone they are met by enough American and English 
craft to sink and chase away forty fleets of German submarines. That 
is all I can say about the escort. I cannot tell how many ships came;, 
over at the same time. It was a wonderful sight to see the ocean liners 
in their difl'crent formavions, all within easy sight and reach of one 



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another. It was a wonderful sight to see such a fleet gliding over the 
deep and expansive body of water. It made thrills run up and down 
my spine when I saw those ships on such a noble mission — out on the 
deep sea. There are a million things I want to tell you about the trip 
and things that happened, but it would only be scratched out by the 
censor and perhaps might bring trouble to U. S. 

Our regiment did not all come over in the same ship. Parts of 
it were on three different vessels, in case of submarine attacks. I think 
I may say that our cargo, both soldiers and freight, was the most precious 
that has been transported since the outbreak of war. The enemy knew 
that, too, but the Almighty was behind us and we landed in safety. 

The weather was ideal for the transporting of troops. The last 
five days of the trip were not fair, but that added to our safety for it 
is almost impossible for a submarine to attack in a heavy sea. The 
three days and nights that we traveled in the danger zone were days 
that the Lord had planned for us. The water was rough and the moon 
was not out at all. The last day we struck a big storm. Now when they 
tell about storms at sea, I'll know what they mean. Wov\^ ! ! We were 
hoping if or a big storm at this stage of the journey and we sure did 
get one ! It was a corker ! The last entire night at sea we struck the 
biggest part of it. The wind was blowing a sixty-mile-an-hour gale 
and the waves were tremendous. Tubley Blakney and I stayed on deck 
until 3 a. m. watching the terrible waves and listening to the roaring 
wind — when I say roaring I do not mean whistling because the way it 
tore up that ocean was a fright. That night from 10.30 p. m. to 1.30 
a. m. v/e were in the most dangerous part of the danger zone, but the 
high sea that was running made us safe against submarines. We docked 
late the next night and early next morning started on our overland 
trip through England. 

As we traveled in the day, we saw most everything. England is 
a wonderful and beautiful country. On account of its small size, in- 
tensive cultivation is necessary to supply the people with food. There 
are no waste lands as in our country. The fields were still green, but 
the leaves on the trees had started to change color only occasionally. 
It seemed wonderful to be in Europe, and yet now I can hardly believe 
I am so many miles from "The States" as they call our country over 
here. In English history, prose, and poetry, one hears of these English 
towns and as I traveled through them, reading the name of the station, 
I recalled my school and college days. 

Coming over on the boat, a sergeant had many more privileges than 
a corporal or private. The sergeants had the second class saloon for 
smoking, playing cards and so forth. There were no lights of any kind 
on the ship after dark and no smoking was allowed on deck. It seemed 
strange to be sailing along without a light of any kind, way out on the 
ocean. A small part of the band (I was one) used to play popular music 
for the officers each night in the first class dining saloon. 

When we disembarked the manner in which the English handled 
our troops was one of smoothness and rapidity. Only a short time 
after leaving the ship we were on trains and being whirled away to the 



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camp. The camp is only a temporary one. It is a place where troops 
come for a while before sailing for France. We expect to be here 
only a few days before going to France where the regiment will receive 
its training. 

In this town where we are now, there is an artillery training school 
and thousands of English troops are here. Some are going to the front 
while others are returning. They do every thing to make a soldier as 
comfortable as possible. The English shrubbery here makes our quarters 
look like home and not a training camp. 

I have talked with many soldiers who have been in trenches and 
they say we should be thankful that we are bandsmen. In the beginning 
of the war, bandsmen were used as stretcher bearers but so many were 
killed that the bands became disarranged and now they never go beyond 
the base and many never leave England. They move from base to 
base, play for the regiment part way to the trenches, and when their 
turn (the regiment's) in the trenches is over they meet them. 

The English soldiers, in uniforms as immaculate as the President's 
evening suit, are a fine set of fellows and every inch soldiers. They wear 
caps and brass buttons and have to keep the buttons shined. The Aus- 
tralians dress somewhat like our soldiers and there are quite a few of 
them here. 

Another thing I forgot to speak about is the railway coaches over 
here. They are built in compartments, each of which accommodates eight 
men. The engines look like donkey engines used in America by large 
corporations. 

On the boat were many fellows from my home town whom I hadn't 
seen since I was in grammar school. I also find that many of my college 
chums are already in France. The way college men enlisted is a credit 
to the United States and her colleges. 

We are well supplied with good clotliing such as heavy underwear 
and shoes. Each night at sea, the ship's clocks were set back to comply 
with the change of time according to the distance traveled, so that each 
night we lost one-half hour's sleep. Many soldiers could not understand 
it. 

They are very optimistic over here and I think they know what they 
are talking about. They believe the war will be over by Christmas, but 
I really think that all the nations v/ill amass all the troops they can in 
Europe this winter for a final drive in the spring, that will finish all. 
The German soldiers don't want to fight any longer. English soldiers 
in taking trenches have found Germans chained to their machine guns 
so they would have to fight for their lives. They surrender willingly. 

A year ago we were on our way back from the Mexican border. 
I am glad that I had a chance to receive my degree as it helps me here 
a great deal. I imagine that I can pick up French easily, having mastered 
the grammar part of it in school. We are not allowed to send souvenir 
post cards from this side. Remember me to all the boys and good luck 
to everybody. 

Sergeant George E. Dole, Band Headquarters Company, 103rd U. S. 
Inantry, American Expeditionary Forces. 



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Band, 103d U. S. Infantry, 
December 29, 1917 
Dear President Aley: 

We, the undersigned, members of the 103d U. S. Infantry Band, 
from the University of Maine, desire to express our sincere thanks 
and appreciation to the University for the Christmas packages which 
were so kindly sent us. 

Every package arrived here safely in spite of all the German sub- 
marines and more than that, they arrived at the most opportune time, 
Christmas Eve. They surely brought back fond memories of our dear 
Alma Mater and believe us, we will never forget Maine. We can 
assure you that every article in the packages will be used, in fact the 
contents were exactly what a soldier needs over in this country. 

We are now up against a dififerent proposition than we were a 
year ago at this time. Some of us were thniking about our final exam- 
inations, while others of us were thinking about the much coveted 
"sheepskin" which we expected in June, but now, we all have more 
things to think about and soon we will have a great many more. What- 
ever the Band does in its line of duties on the front, it surely will bring 
credit to the University of Maine and you can depend upon this small 
handful of men to put the University of Maine on the map of Europe, 
as we spread its glorious name from Maine to Mexico last year. 

Herbert Cobb and Frank Holden are now attending an officers' 
school a hundred miles from here. We have forwarded their packages 
and in their absence we will thank you for the boys who will soon be 
officers. 

Thanking the University again for its kindness, we all remain loyal 
sons of Maine. 

George E. Dole '17 

William B. Cobb '19 

C. L. Woodman '19 

G. E. Thompson '19 

Warren B. Beckler Jr. '17 

Ernest L. Coolbroth '18 

Earl A. Bradley '19 

John L. Barnes '17 

Harold N. Currier '17 

Harold G. Hall '20 

Floyd F. Smiley '19 

V. O. Harkness '20 

H. E. Blaknev '19 

Malcolm E. Barker '18 



An interesting account of Christmas in France as enjoyed by mem- 
bers of the Second Maine regiment band is given in a letter from George 
E. Thompson of Bangor. 
Dear M : 

"This is the day after Christmas and we had a fine time yesterday. 
I thought that our Christmas would be dull, but it fooled us. I got a 

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box from you and one from the others, also one from the U. of M. They 
sent one to each of us. That makes five in all to date. I have received 
almost 20 letters in the last two or three days. At the Y. M. C. A. last 
night, they had a fine Christmas tree all lighted and decorated and it 
looked fine. We played a concert and then the band was presented with 
a grab bag. We sure did have a wonderful time; just like a bunch 
of kids. The building holds as many people as City hall auditorium, 
and it was packed with fellows. They sure were a happy and jolly 
crowd. Some had on funny looking masks, others paper hats of all 
descriptions, others with horns and whistles. You'd never think they 
were fighting men to see them act. 

We have a very comfortable billet now. The only trouble is that 
we have to furnish candles for lighting purposes and they cost ten 
cents each. There are about three inches of snow here now and it 
snowed all day Xmas. The weather is about 15 above I should say; 
perhaps a little colder. The natives don't celebrate Christmas as 
much as we do. They go to church just as on Sunday. They give 
their presents on St. Nicholas day, which was about a month ago. Nev/ 
Year's is a pretty big time here so the natives tell us. 

The band doesn't play out of doois here very much because the 
horns freeze up and make it impossible. We have played two concerts 
today and have another to play tonight. We had a great dinner, roast 
turkey, dressing, mashed potato, gravy, bread and butter, bread pudding 
and walnuts. That was some feed. Another company in our battalion, 
the one from Augusta, had a local talent show and we played for it. 
For recompense, we were invited to dinner. This has been a much 
better Christmas than we thought we were going to have. It looked 
pretty dull last night. We knew there was a lot of mail in France 
for us, but we didn't know when we were going to get it. 

George E. Thompson '19 



Somewhere in France 

December 16, 1917 
Dear Mr. Gannett: 

I received a Christmas parcel from school today and I wish to send 
my thanks. It was a delightful surprise for me. That song entitled 
"Canning the Kaiser" is some song. Just after I received it, I had a 
whole hutful of "Canucks" singing it with all the vim and vigor that 
could be shown by boys from Vancouver to Nova Scotia. I also met 
a couple of "Yanks" today and of course I immediately produced the 
song. They sure enjoyed it and took a copy with them when they left. 

I don't see any of the other boys but very seldom now. I am at- 
tached to District Headquarters as a clerk for the present. 

My brother sent me the list of names of U. of M. boys who were 
in the service and it sure looks as if the good old U. of M. was supply- 
ing its share. 

Again I must extend my thanks and best wishes to the U. of M. 
Yours sincerely, 

George Adams '18 

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Ardgay, Ross-shire, Scotland 
Dear Friends : 

I received a copy of the "Campus" today dated November 13th, 
the second "Campus" I have received since my arrival. I was indeed 
very glad to get them as it affords news in which I am deeply interested. 
In the last was Dole's letter from England and I am very sorry that 
I did not know of their (the U. of M. Band) arrival as I could easily 
have gone down (to England) to see all the fellows in the band. 

You may be interested in what we are doing over here. I will 
give you a brief outline. The Maine men over here are Churchill, Atwood 
(Punk), Brockway, McCann (Law), Barry (Law), Judkins and Emer- 
son. 

In all there are ten mills which are kept running by ten units of 
thirty-five men each. We are not under military discipline as are the 
Canadian Foresters. 

The lumber we cut is a mixture of larch and Scotch pine (identical 
with the pine in front of the S. A. E. house). 

There is no underbrush in the woods, thanks to large numbers of 
sheep. This particular lot was probably planted seventy-five or eighty 
years ago. The trees grow tall and straight, and is indeed a wonderful 
stand of timber. 

Our portable mills do very good work compared with some Scotch 
mills near here which are very crude. The mills average about fifty 
thousand feet of lumber a week while running a ten hour day. But 
this average has varied much due to shortening of the days and exces- 
sive rains. On our arrival July 4, we could easily read a newspaper 
at eleven o'clock at night and we hardly knew when to turn in, there 
being no real darkness except on a very cloudy night. Now the sun 
barely dances along the horizon for four or five hours and disappears. 

There is evidently no severe winter here for we are told that bicycles 
are used all winter, bicycles being a very popular mode of travel. How- 
ever, we have had a few inches of snow at times although it quickly 
disappears leaving only the mountain tops white. Nearly every storm 
is accompanied by high winds which have wrought havoc with some 
of our paper-covered shacks. 

I have not seen a wooden building except our own since my arrival. 
Everything is built of stone. Miles of stone walls enclose both sides 
of the highways, all of the best masonry. 

The trains are a source of great amusement to us. On the arrival 
at a station, all the passengers, if they wish, get off and walk around. 
Many go into the restaurant, there being one at every station, and get 
a cup of tea or a sandwich which they may eat there or in the car, the 
cup belonging to the railroad being left anywhere. After five or ten 
minutes, a hand bell is rung by the station-master and if all are aboard 
they start. But if some one has ordered a meal and has not eaten it 
or received it, the guard who rides in the rear of the train patiently 
waits for the passenger and then gives the engineer the signal when 
the passenger resumes his seat in the car. I have seen a train held up 
five minutes after the customary wait while a passenger ate a lunch. 



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However, the trains serve their purpose and the people do not seem to 
worry. Perhaps much of this would be changed in normal times as many 
things have during the war. 

I seem to have written more than I intended. Nevertheless I wish 
to thank those to whom I am indebted for the "Campus' 'and my only 
hope is that they will keep it coming from dear old Maine. 

Sincerely yours, 

Thomas W. Brittain '18 



On Active Service in France 
September 17, 1917 
Dear B : 

Little did you think when you asked me to write to you from the 
wilds of France that such writing would be done on a recent model 
American typewriter, now did you? Luckily I am attached to Battalion 

Headquarters as combination stenographer and clerk But to get 

down to business here we are in the midst of things just as no one on 
the other side can realize them. Truthfully I can say that I don't believe 
one person in 100,000 has the imaginative ability to draw any kind of 
a mental picture that can equal the destruction and ruin the "Terrible 
Hun" has left behind. Our nearest position to the front lines has been 
three miles behind. But, say it softly, three miles isn't much when you 
remember that the large guns have a range of 12 or 15. I've heard guns 
roaring for days at a time and seen aeroplanes by the score. 

There is an awful sameness about the war region that makes it 
hard to describe effectively. Of course I cannot tell you where we are 
nor where we have been. We are, thank Providence, near a small 
town that has not been totally destroyed by the Germans, as were the 
first towns we struck upon our arrival. Last night "Count" (Ferdinand 
Norcross, U. of M. '14) and I went to the town and had a real ban- 
quet. 'Twas the first real layout I have had the pleasure of attending 
since leaving home, and there's no use talking I sure did wade in. Today 
we are back to war bread and bully beef. 

There are a thousand things to tell you about, from the trip across 
dodging the submarines, then the big parade in London which I learn 
was reported in the newspapers, to the move to France and the weird 
places we have touched so far, and the anxious uncertainty of the future. 

So far I have learned a lot of things that I never had sense enough 
to realize in civil life. First place: we retire at 9.30 every night and 
arise at 5.30, quite some change for your friend, the midnight oil expert. 
Secondly : I have learned to appreciate what that old phrase "Home and 
Mother" really stands for. (And you can believe me that is worth 
the whole trip). Thirdly: my appetite is gradually diminishing (through 
no fault of mine, I assure you), and I am getting harder all over, even 
mentally. And fourthly: I have had a taste of real discipline. There 
are lots of other benefits that don't show themselves yet. H this busi- 
ness comes out safely for us, it will be the finest thing that could 
have happened to "yours truly." 

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Gee! It brings back a lot of things that I have been doing my best 
to keep in the background — the good old days. I suppose most college 
men don't realize what a great time they are having until they have 
been out of the place sometime. But if I ever do get back again, you 
can bet your last cent that I'll get every bit out of college there is to get. 

Of course there are a lot of the old boys gone from college this 
year, altho it is hard to imagine it when my last impressions were so 
filled with the faces of those I know. But still there must be a few 
of the old crowd back, so give them a hand for me. 

There is a British "Tommie" in camp about three miles from here 
who has played with Cyril Maude in "Grumpy" in the U. S. He's rather 
an oldish "topper" and to see him standing on top of a car spouting 
Shakespeare reminds me of the old days. 

Since writing the first part of this letter a number of days have 
passed during which time "Count" and myself obtained leave to visit 
a fairly large city near here. We had a large time on a small amount 
of money. We had the finest dinner you can imagine for 8 francs 
($1.40) ; there's no use talking, the French do know how to cook. 

My address in this end-of-the-earth place is Co. B, 14th Engineers 
(Railway), American Expeditionary Forces in France. 

This reads like a poor letter, but you try writing to some one when 
all the things you are interested in are prohibited, and then you'll see 
..hat a stunt it is. 

Answer this letter soon as you can. The only things we have to 
look forward to are the letters from home (and from the girl) and a 
good feed about once in two or three weeks. 

Fraternally, 

E. B. Norcross '19 



American Expeditionary Forces, France 
January 8, 1918 
My dear S , 

I received your good letter, with all the news and Campus clippings 
a long time ago, and have since received your very welcome box. I 
should have written to you before, but I assure you my correspondence 
has just naturally had to be neglected. I am now beginning to get caught 
up and have some of my strain removed, but until now, ever since com- 
ing to France I have been driven with work. Let no one suppose that 
the process of coming to France to live or die for democracy is a 
proposition involving just patient waiting for the arrival of a Boche 
shell, or for the opportunity to hand him one. On the contrary, there 
is so much to be learned and then taught in the prosecution of this new 
game that an outfit has to be given a long session of hard living before 
it can be given the chance to die. 

My thoughts often revert to the earnest months I spent at Maine. 
The farther I go along this strenuous road the more do I remember 
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do I feel justified in the necessity and nobility in the spirit of sacrifice 
which I used to urge so constantly. President Wilson is right that 
"the world must be made safe for democracy." 

I hope you will carry the message for me to Maine that we who 
are already in France are satisfied with our lot and of the necessity 
and justice of our being here. I have not seen an officer or man who 
is not complacent at the prospect of his own possible sacrifice. There 
is a general feeling that whatever may happen to us is all right provid- 
iii^ that all the folks at home will see it through, and will make our 
efforts worth while by backing us up to the attainment of the war's 
purpose with their own sacrifices. 

I feel, though, and so does nearly everyone, much like a sergeant 
in one of our batteries, who was heard to say, "Believe me, after this 
job is done, if the Statue of Liberty ever takes a look at me again, 
she'll have to do an about face." 

In some ways, the service here is more trying for us than for any 
of the others except the Canadians and Australians, just because we are 
so far from home. All the others can go to their own homes once in 
a while for a rest, but we will have to stick it out without a whiff of 
the air from "God's Country" no matter how many years the war may 
last. 

However, I am thankful every day that I am here and not in the 
United States in these times. There is, I know, a seething, travail, and 
uncertaintj' in all sorts of ways at home which we are spared here. 

The "Heavies" are the great game. With profound respect for all 
the rest, I am glad that fate and training have put me in the heavy 
artillery. If I could tell you the interesting things that I have already 
seen and heard, my letter would be a book. But the censorship regu- 
lations are your shield. Some day I am coming back with what I may 
have left in the way of arms and legs and bore you all to death. And 
yet, by then I probably won't want to talk or think about it. 

I appreciated your box very much — both the contents and the 
thoughtfulness which prompted j-ou to send it. I have much cause to 
be thankful for the remembrance in which I am held by my friends. 

I hope you will take occasion to pass on to such of my friends as 
you meet the assurance that I have not forgotten them and wish them 
well. 

Faithfully your friend, 
Frank S. Clark, Capt. 6 Reg't, Coast Art'y Corps 



E. Hyland May, last year's Editor of THE PRISM, writes the fol- 
lowing letter of his experiences in the 351st Field Artillery at Camp 
Meade, Md. 

January 19, 1918 
Dear D : 

It is quite a while since I wrote you last and really I ought to go to 
bed as it was after two when I hit the hay this morning. I had an 



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idea that last year at college was about the hardest work I had done 
and then Plattsburg seemed to have a little on Maine for work but 
I find that the REAL THING has it on anything I ever tackled before. 

Last night reminded me of school very much ; my second lieutenant 
and I sat here in the battery office, he reading the data from the old 
muster roll while I pounded it out on the machine. We were at it, 
as I said before, until early this morning. The muster roll is what 
contains the history of every man in the organization for the previous 
two months and when you have 213 men in the battery it makes qulite 
a lengthy paper. Electrical Lab. reports have nothing on the paper work 
here. 

Am senior first lieutenant in our battery, the renowned "Battery E" 
and for our battery there are just 204 darkies. Some outfit they are too! 
Course they find it kind of hard to find these mornings at Reveille as 
it is still dark at that time of the day but they manage to get around 
to formation pretty prompt. They are good workers too, rather thick 
when it comes to learning but, like the parrot, once it is learned they 
never forget it. 

I go to school for two hours every day now, more artillery, and 
study some evenings when I get thru the battery work in time. I have 
charge of the paper work in the battery so it falls to me to make out 
the payrolls, musterrolls, insurance allotments, and write the letters. 
Have a little darkie I am breaking in as battery clerk so when he gets 
the ropes of the work it will be some easier for me. There are six 
batteries in our regiment here, the first 6 inch howitzer tractor-drawn 
battery (colored) in the United States. 

Heard a good one the other night at the table : a private was com- 
ing back from town on pass rather late one night and was hurrying to get 
to his quarters before too late. He was stopped by the sentry, however, 

who said "Halt, who goes there?" "Halt?" says the private, "H , I'm 

late now." Every now and then these darkies spring some good ones 
which would really be worth jotting down if the time permitted. 

I imagine that some time in the dim future our division will be 
getting together preparatory to traveling overseas. In my opinion that 
time is some distance away, for we are only just commencing to teach 
these men artillery ; they can't get it very fast either. 

Write when you can and keep me posted. Give my regards to 
the rest of the bunch. 

Hy. 

PORTLAND BOY HAS RARE COLLECTION OF WAR 
SOUVENIRS 



(Clipping from Portland Express-Advertiser) 

Captain Sumner Waite, 29, a Portland boy, who is now doing his 
"bit" for his Country is the eldest son of Mrs. Annie L. Waite, 196 
Newbury Street. He has by his many manly qualities and sterling ability 

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won rapid and deserved promotion in his chosen vocation of army life. 
Graduated from Portland High vi^ith high honors in the class of 1907, 
from University of Maine in 1911, and later attending Washington Mili- 
tary Academy and the military school at Fort Leavenworth, he was 
appointed 2nd lieutenant in January, 1912, being assigned to the 5th 
United States Infantry then stationed at Plattsburg, New York. In the 
Fall of 1915 he went with his regiment to Panama, remaining there 
about one year; was appointed 1st lieutenant early in 1916 and in May 
of that year was promoted captain in the 19th U. S. Infantry and ap- 
pointed aide-de-camp on the staff of Maj Gen. Charles G. Morton then 
in command of the Department of Texas which position he still occupies. 
At the present time Captain Waite is stationed at Anniston, Alabama, 
where General Morton is in comamnd of the National Guards or 29th 
Division. 

Last September Captain Waite was among those selected to accom- 
pany General Morton and others upon a special mission to the battle 
fronts in France and his experience and observations while there and 
while going and coming through the submarine war zones would make 
thrilling reading if allowed to be published. 

While visiting the battlefields "over there" Captain Waite secured 
a number of interesting souvenirs which upon returning to this country 
he forwarded to his mother who is the proud possessor of relics of some 
of the terrible battles of the world's greatest of all wars. Although 
Captain Waite does not so state in his letters to his mother yet he must 
have been rather near, if not actually, on the firing line "somewhere in 
France" for among the souvenirs sent home was a gas mask such as 
worn by the French and English soldiers when "Fritzie" is sending 
along his deadly gas bombs and the one Captain Waite sent he admits 
was worn by himself while on the battlefield. 



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